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Personal info

Full name
MCKENNA, Jack
Date of birth
17 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Kirkland, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
11121950
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, near Preist, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 47

Immediate family

Members
Horatio McKenna (father)
Emily V. (West) McKenna (mother)
Tom McKenna (brother)

More information

Sgt Jack McKenna graduated from Ballard High School in 1940.

He enlisted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 15 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Dale Hawkinson, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Washington, Seattle, Ballard High School 1939