WWII
Howard Kinchen
Rate / Rank
PFC
Birthdate
October 21 1917
Date of Death
July 14 1944
Branch
USAAC
Active Duty Service
April 16 1942 - July 14 1944
Conflicts & Campaigns
- North Africa; Sicily; France
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Camp Blanding, Florida; 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
Decorations & Citations
- Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars and one bronze arrowhead (Normandy Invasion), Purple Heart (Killed In France, Friday July 14, 1944)
Notes
US Army service number 34-202-689, Burial: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.