John M. Kenney

Private First Class

Company D, 2nd Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division

Radio Repairman/ MM Rifle

Awards:

Good Conduct Medal/Victory Medal/American Theater Campaign Ribbon/European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon

Camp Murphy, Florida – Southern Signal Corps school

Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey – Eastern Signal Corps school – radio repair & functions

Rhineland/Central Europe

Date of Enlistment: August 12, 1942

Date of Entry into Active Service: May 5, 1943

Date of Departure for Europe from New York: January 6, 1945

Date of Arrival in Europe to Liverpool, England: January 16, 1945

Left United Kingdom for France:  January 17, 1945

Arrived France: January 18, 1945

Served in France: January 18, 1945 to February 23, 1945

Served in Belgium: February 24, 1945 to February 28, 1945

Served in Germany: March 1, 1945 to July 24, 1945

Served in France: July 25, 1945

Date of Departure for U.S. from LeHarve, France: March 18, 1946

Date of Arrival in U.S. to New York: March 26, 1946

Date of Separation: March 31, 1946 – Ft. Devens, Mass.