KIA Purple Heart

[rory]

Thanks for the reply Alex ill get better pics when it arrives so would it be a replacement awards engraved by the family?

[rory]

at last better pics

[rory]

a few of the more interesting pages from his service record mosly letters to family

[BlackCat1982]

A farm hand aged 19 who joined the Ivy Division in Normandy and never got to see home again. A poignant collection.

[Reibert]

Hello Adam, yes ww2 he was killed in france shortly after d-day. Theres a lot of paper work with it which sounds interesting ill post more when it comes

There´s a Kenneth L. Chapman, KIA in Normandy
Kenneth L. Chapman | American Battle Monuments Commission

I cannot find a Kenneth A. Chapman ...

[Willmore]

Hi there.

It is always nice to see an old thread resurface.

Here is some information I found about Kenneth.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.

Name: Kenneth Allen Chapman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1925
Birth Place: Wells County, Indiana
Residence Place: LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana, USA
Registration Date 22 Jan 1943
Registration Place: Indiana, USA
Employer: Ellis Holsinger
Height: 5 10
Weight: 144
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Thelma Hutton





Mr Kenneth A Chapman in the Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Name: Mr Kenneth A Chapman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1925
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage License Place: Berrien
Marriage Date: 1 Feb 1944
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Buchanan, Michigan
Father: Burr Chapman
Mother: Thelma Shewman
Spouse: Esther Roberson
County File Number: 43
State File Number: 11 10526



Burial -

Name: Pvt Kenneth A Chapman
Birth Date: 19 January 1925
Death Date: 8 July 1944
Cemetery: Oak Lawn Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States of America
Father: Burr Chapman
Mother: Thelma Lillie Hutton



PVT Kenneth A Chapman (1925-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

Kind regards,

Will.

[Reibert]

Good deal, Will !

[Willmore]

Here is some interesting information about the Regiment/Division Kenneth was part during June 1944.

22nd Infantry Regiment
After Action Report
4th (US) Infantry Division – Battle of Normandy – June 1944
Headquarters, 22nd Infantry, APO 4, U. S. Army

22nd Infantry Regiment – 4th ID – After Action Reports – D-Day Overlord

Division headquarters after action reports
4th (US) Infantry Division
Battle of Normandy – June 1944
Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division

Utah Beach – The Landing

4th Infantry Division – Division headquarters after action reports – D-Day Overlord

[Willmore]

On July 7, having been moved to an assembly area south and west of Carentan, the 22nd Infantry attacked, thereby beginning one of its bloodiest engagements of the entire war—the Carentan-Periers operation (otherwise known as "The Battle of the Hedgerows"). The objective of the operation was the seizure of Periers, a necessary preliminary to the forthcoming breakout from the peninsula. The attack moved with extreme slowness.Enemy resistance in the form of young SS troops and fresh paratroops was stubborn, and the ground was given up to the advance of the regiment yard by yard, and foot by foot.

22nd Infantry Regiment History WW2