WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Claude Kennedy

Entered Service: February 10, 1941

Branch of Service: Infantry

Trained at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana from February 1941 to December 4th; Texas City, Texas from December 1941 to January 1942; Fort Dix, New Jersey from January 1942 until April 1942.

Overseas: April 1942.

Theatre of Operation: European.

Engagements: Algeria, French Morocco and Tunisia. 

Medals Earned: Good Conduct Medal, European Theatre of War, American Defense, Pre-Pearl Harbor.  

Returned to U.S.:  October 1945 

Discharged: December 27, 1945 at Fort Custer, Michigan.

Rank: Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Fifty-seven.

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