World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
Mandan, ND
County:
Morton
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Captain
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action in the Netherlands.
Biography:
MC KENDRY, Norman Jarvis Servicenumber: O-332218 Age: 33 Born: 31 July 1911, Mandan, North Dakota Hometown: Medford, Ashland County, Oregon Family: Fredrick W. Mc Kendry (father) Anna R. Mc Kendry (mother) Mary L. (Dobgen) Mc Kendry (wife) Tim Mc Kendry (son) Rank: Captain Function: Company Commander Regiment: 120th Infantry Battalion: Not available Division €“ Transport: 30th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: Not available Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 16 November 1944 Status: KIA Place of death: Euchen, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart Gravenumber: Plot G, Row 6, Grave 23 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Captain McKendry was born in Mandan and graduated from the Mandan High School in 1929. He attended the North Dakota Agricultural college at Fargo and graduated from Texas A & M with an electircal engineering degree. Cpt Norman J. Mc Kendry is remembered on the Mandan Union Cemetery in Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Bradshaw Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - Corvallis Gazette-Times / The Bismarck Tribune Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Brian Backes, www.ancestry.com - US School Yearbooks