Mrs Kenyon Gets Award For Late Son Tomorrow
An Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously awarded to Second Lieutenant Charles F Kenyon, Army Air Force bombardier-navigator, will be presented to his mother, Mrs H Russell Kenyon of 115 Overlook Street, tomorrow at Mitchel Field, L.I.
Lieutenant Kenyon was reported missing Sept. 3, 1943, while serving as a navigator aboard a B-24 Liberator in the Middle East. Accompanying Mrs Kenyon to the ceremony will be Mr Kenyon, two sons, former Navy Ensign Burt P. Kenyon and Donald Kenyon; a daughter, Miss Emily D Kenyon, and Mrs Kenyon's mother, Mrs N.R. Feagles. The Kenyon's oldest son, Ensign H. Russell Kenyon, a member of Navy Torpedo Squadron 8, was killed in the Battle of Midway. The War Department also has sent Mrs Kenyon a Distinguished unit badge and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart awarded to Lieutenant Kenyon.
Mrs Kenyon Gets Award For Late Son Tomorrow
An Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster posthumously awarded to Second Lieutenant Charles F Kenyon, Army Air Force bombardier-navigator, will be presented to his mother, Mrs H Russell Kenyon of 115 Overlook Street, tomorrow at Mitchel Field, L.I.
Lieutenant Kenyon was reported missing Sept. 3, 1943, while serving as a navigator aboard a B-24 Liberator in the Middle East. Accompanying Mrs Kenyon to the ceremony will be Mr Kenyon, two sons, former Navy Ensign Burt P. Kenyon and Donald Kenyon; a daughter, Miss Emily D Kenyon, and Mrs Kenyon's mother, Mrs N.R. Feagles. The Kenyon's oldest son, Ensign H. Russell Kenyon, a member of Navy Torpedo Squadron 8, was killed in the Battle of Midway. The War Department also has sent Mrs Kenyon a Distinguished unit badge and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart awarded to Lieutenant Kenyon.
Inscription
2 LT 521 BOMB SQ 376 BOMB GP(H) N Y
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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