WWII

James Robert Kennemur

Rate / Rank
TEC E-5

Birthdate
June 11 1923

Date of Death
December 24 1999

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
April 2 1943 - January 16 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Northern France; Rhineland
European Theater of Operations, August 14, 1944 - January 12, 1945

Significant Duty Stations

Company K, 318 Infantry Regiment

Decorations & Citations

Combat Badge; Purple Heart (Wounded, France September 16, 1944)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Expert (rifle)

Notes

US Army service number 15-361-547. Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Home of record; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Graduated University of Georgia, 1949. Postmaster; Whigham 1953, Rural Mail Carrier, Whigham Post Office. Son of Private Robert Stephen Kennemur US Army. Brother of Sergeant Robert Stokes Kennemur US Army. Burial; Woodlawn Cemetery, Whigham, Grady County, Georgia.