WWII
Cecil Drew Kinchen
Rate / Rank
S1c
Birthdate
June 12 1916
Date of Death
April 29 1952
Branch
US Navy
Active Duty Service
April 14 1944 - December 16 1945
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Solomons; Leyte; Iwo Jima
- Palau; Okinawa
Significant Duty Stations
- USS Pinkney (APH-2) (was hit by kamikaze killing 35 April 28, 1945)
Decorations & Citations
- Combat Action Ribbon (Okinawa April 28, 1945); Purple Heart (wounded Okinawa April 28, 1945)
- American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with six bronze stars
- Occupation Medal with Asia clasp, Philippine Liberation Medal
Notes
Born; Beachton, Grady County, Georgia. Burial; New Ochlocknee Baptist Church Cemetery, Beachton, Grady County, Georgia.