WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

L. Orville Kennedy

Entered Service: February 10, 1941.

Branch of Service: Army (Infantry)

Trained at Camp Clairborne, Louisiana; Texas City, Texas; Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Overseas: April 29, 1942

Theatre of Operation: European.

Engagements: Algiers, Tunisia, Naples, Foggia, Rome, Arno. 

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

Returned to U.S.:  June 13, 1945 

Discharged: September 4, 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. 

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Fifty-five.

Prisoner of War in Germany from May 31, 1944 to April 21, 1945.