WWII

Robert Stokes Kennemur

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
October 8 1924

Date of Death
December 18 2007

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
April 20 1943 -

Conflicts & Campaigns

Rhineland; Central Europe
European Theater of Operations, September 30, 1944 - March 12, 1946.

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Discharged; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
813rd Tank Destroyer Battalion.
Company C, 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Decorations & Citations

Silver Star (France, January 1945)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
American Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal
World War II Victory Medal; Expert (rifle)

Notes

US Army service number 34-768-477. Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Graduate of Whigham High School Class of 1941. Graduated from University of Georgia, 1948. Home of record; Box 112, Whigham, Georgia. Son of Private Robert Stephen Kennemur US Army. Brother of TEC E-5 James Robert Kennemur US Army. Burial; Woodlawn Cemetery, Whigham, Grady County, Georgia.