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Personal info

Full name
MITCHEM, Kenneth C
Date of birth
5 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sandusky, Alexander County, Illinois
Hometown
Pascola, Pemiscot County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37632754
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 18 35

Immediate family

Members
Edith M. (Gallion) Mitchem (wife)

More information

Pfc Kenneth C. Mitchem worked on a farm before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 18 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo