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Veterans Service Records "K"

Guy B. Karr Guy B. KARR
Veteran World War II
Address: Spur, Texas.
Entered Service: November 5, 1942.
Branch of Service: Adjutant General Department.
Trained at Army Air Force, Navigation School, Hondo, TX; Officer Candidate School, Fort Washington, MD; Camp McCoy, WI.
Overseas: October 14, 1943.
Theatre of Operations: China-Burma-India.
Engagements: Battle of Imphal; Battle of Myitkyina.
Returned to U.S.: March 22, 1946.
Discharged: June 26, 1946 at Fort MacArthur, CA.
Rank: Captain.
Total Time Served: 44 months.
Honoree is: Deceased, Aug 28, 2001

*Picture not Available* Daniel Irvin KARR
Veteran World War I
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy
Honoree is: Deceased, May 2, 1947; buried San Angelo, TX

*Picture not Available* Ralph KARR
Veteran World War I
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy
Honoree is: Deceased, buried in Kansas

Thomas Karr Thomas Ray KARR
Veteran Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Rank: Pfc
Military Unit: 76th USASA SP OPS Unit
Training: Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo, Ft. Blevins, Mass, USAF Acad, Colorado Springs,
Theatre of Operations: Taiwan
Dates of service: 1963-1965
Honoree is: Deceased, August 1, 1966
Submitted by: Royce Karr, Mother

Charles S. KEARNEY
Veteran of World War I
Address: Spur, Texas
Entered Service: October 10, 1917.
Branch of Service: Army.
Trained at Camp Bowie, Texas
Overseas: July 31, 1918.
Theatre of Operations: European.
Engagements: Meuse-Argonne.
Returned to U.S.: June 3, 1919.
Discharged: Camp Bowie, Texas.
Rank: Private
Total Time Served: 20 months.
Submitted by Betty Kearney Morgan

Ernest V. KEARNEY
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Army.
Rank: Private First Class.
Entered Service: January 31, 1944
Overseas: September 15, 1944.
Theatre of Operations: Central Europe.
Engagements: Rhineland.
Decorations: American Theatre Ribbon; European-Africian-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal; Victory Medal.
Returned to U.S.: July 2, 1945.
Discharged: Fort Benning, Georgia.
Total Time Served: 1 year, 9 months, 7 days.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Kearney
Submitted by Betty Kearney Morgan

Jimmie KELSEY
Veteran Korea
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: CPL
Military Unit: T.C. 7th Div.
Service Dates: 1952 to 1954
Location: Fecom & Northern Theater
Duty Assignment: Station LST, LCM operator

George Wright KENNEDY "Shorty"
Veteran World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Service Dates: May 28, 1918 to September 5, 1919
Trained at Deming, NM
Overseas: September 4, 1918 from New Jersey to France
Served in Neice, France and came back to states on August 23, 1919
Discharged at Little Rock, AR
Honoree is: Deceased, buried Amarillo, Texas
Submitted by Sam & Donna Kennedy

*Picture not Available* Sabe M. KENNEDY
Veteran of World War I
Address: Dickens, Texas.
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Cpt. Quartermaster Corps Service Dates: July 25, 1918 to July 19, 1919

*Picture not Available* Sam KENNEDY
Veteran Civil War
Service Dates: 1862 to 1865
Served in confederate cavalry - Martins Reg Company
Honoree is: Deceased, Buried in Dickens Cemetery
Submitted by Doyle and Maxie Pate

Thomas Jefferson KENNEDY
Veteran of World War I
Address: Dickens, Texas
Rank: Private.
Unit: Cavalry
Enlisted: El Paso, assigned to Remounts
Discharged: El Paso
Honoree is: Deceased, buried Dickens Cemetery
Submitted by Doyle and Maxie Pate

David D. Kennimer David D. KENNIMER
Veteran World War II
Address: Washington, D.C.
Entered Service: June 6, 1942.
Branch of Service: Army.
Trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Wichita Falls, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Overseas: August 18, 1942.
Theatre of Operations: European.
Engagements: Germany, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe.
Decorations: European-Africian-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal.
Returned to U.S.: October 17, 1945.
Discharged: Fort Bliss, Texas.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade.
Total Time Served: 41 months.

*Picture not Available* Esteene Carlyle KING
Veteran of World War I
Address: Spur, Texas.
Rank: Seaman Second Class

*Picture not Available* Homer R. KING
Veteran of World War I
Address: Afton, Texas
Rank: Private First Class

*Picture not Available* Shelton KING
Veteran of World War I
Address: Afton, Texas.
Entered Service: September 5, 1918.
Branch of Service: Army.
Discharged: January 2, 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas.
Rank: Private.
Total Time Served: 3 months, 28 days.

Melvin Fred Kinney Melvin Fred KINNEY
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: Marine Corps.
Rank: Staff Sergeant.
Entered Service: June 13, 1942.
Overseas: August 8, 1943.
Theatre of Operations: Central Pacific Area.
Returned to U.S.: December 23, 1944.
Discharged: San Diego, California.
Total Time Served: 3 years, 1 month, 12 days.

*Picture not Available* James A. KIZZIAH
Veteran of World War I
Address: Dickens, Texas.
Rank: Private First Class

Billy W. KOON
Veteran World War II
First Man Drafted in Dickens County, TX
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Major
Theatre of Operation: European
Service Dates: March 22, 1941 to 1974 Military Unit: Troop F - 128th Cavalry
Retired from U.S. Army Reserve

John L. KOONSMAN
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: 1st Lt.
Service Dates: March 1955 to March 1957
Military Unit: 1st Ranger Battalion, Ft. Benning, GA and 4th Armored Division, Ft. Hood, TX