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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Kenneth Edward
Date of birth
18 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31421119
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
743rd Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Laurensberg, north of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John B. Miller (father)
Anna G. (Colby) Miller (mother)
William C. Miller (brother)
June L. Miller (sister)
Robert C. Miller (brother)
Dorothy A. Miller (sister)
Marian A. Miller (sister)
Paul W. Miller (brother)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Miller attended high school for three years and was employed at the Boston Navy Yard.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 September 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees, http://cgcs.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Miller Family