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Personal info

Full name
KILBY, Lehmon
Date of birth
25 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Morgan County, Tennessee
Hometown
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34771691
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dessau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 21 12

Immediate family

Members
James S. Kilby (father)
Loucinda L. (Norris) Kilby (mother)
Anna M. Kilby (sister)
Menford W. Kilby (brother)
Granville L. Kilby (brother)
Lester E. Kilby (brother)
Louie W. Kilby (brother)
James F. Kilby (brother)
Paul Kilby (brother)
Irene Kilby (sister)

More information

Pfc Lehmon Kilby enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 3 April 1943. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He is remembered on the Fourth Cavalry World War II Memorial at Fort Meade, Mead County, South Dakota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / various family trees

Photo source: Michiel Saman, Erika, The Kilby Family