Joe T. Kimble

  • ASN:
    18019269
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    1914
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Sept 10, 1944
FULL NAME:

Joe T. Kimble

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

18019269

  • DATE OF BIRTH: 1914
  • DATE OF DEATH: Sept 10, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Hale County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Sept 13, 1940
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Lubbock, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company F, 2nd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Platoon Guide
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge, 🎖Purple Heart Medal With One Oak Leaf Cluster

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Died of Wounds (DOW)
  • DATE:
    Sept 10, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Brest, France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Leg; Second Location: Phalanges of little finger / Debridement without closure Causative Agent: Hand Grenade, Fragment
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd Infantry Division

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Joe T Kimble
Army Serial Number
18019269
Enlistment Place
Lubbock Texas
Enlistment Date
13 Sep 1940
Army Branch
Infantry
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Hale County, Texas
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the Philippine Department
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
2 years of high school
Occupation
Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1915
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
0267
Source Film Reel Number
2.124
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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