During WWII he served with Company "C", of the 26th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Infantry Division.
He was killed in action.
Son of Mrs. C. Henderson.
Thursday, 5 Oct 1944 St. Joseph read:
Killed in Belgium . . . Mrs. G. B. Henderson, rural route No. 5, has received word from the war department that her son, Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, 30 years old, was killed in action Sept. 4. Sergeant Henderson was serving with the infantry in Belgium. He entered the service in February 1941, and went overseas in March of this year.
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When I was a kid probably in 1945 or 1946, once with a group of kids from Willowbrook, we went to Mrs. Henderson's house and saw Kenneth's Purple Heart that had been given to his mother. I remember she had a big police dog and she said don't act like you are afraid, and he will not bother you. Shirleen Gartin
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Wednesday, 13 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Soldier's Body to Arrive Saturday
The body of Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, who was killed in action in Belgium Sept. 3, 1944, will arrive in St. Joseph Saturday morning and will be taken to the Rupp mortuary.
Sergeant Henderson was born on Route 5, St. Joseph, and had lived his entire life in Buchanan County before entering service in February of 1941. He attended Willowbrook Grade School and was a graduate of Faucett High School. He received basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark., and was sent overseas in the spring of 1944 from Fort Meade, Md. At the time of his death he was serving with the 35th infantry division. He was 30 years old.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Cammie Henderson of the home on route 5, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mrs. Austin Krumme, both of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Franklin Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, Fred Henderson, Castle Gate, Utah; Vernon Henderson, Atchison, Kan., Frank Henderson, Campbellsberg, Ky., and Emery Henderson, Kansas City, Mo.
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Friday, 15 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Henderson Rites to Be Held on Sunday
Services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rupp chapel. The Rev. Arthur Forester will officiate. Burial will be in Agency Cemetery with military services at the graveside by Pony Express Post No. 359, American Legion. The body will arrive in St. Joseph tomorrow morning and will be taken to Rupp's. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action Sept. 3, 1944, in Belgium.
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Pallbearers at services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Rupp chapel will be Jessie Lee Bledsoe, Malcolm Krumme, William Lane, Eugene Jackson, Charles Kline and Norman Smiley. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action sept. 3, 1944 in Belgium.
He was killed in action.
Son of Mrs. C. Henderson.
Thursday, 5 Oct 1944 St. Joseph read:
Killed in Belgium . . . Mrs. G. B. Henderson, rural route No. 5, has received word from the war department that her son, Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, 30 years old, was killed in action Sept. 4. Sergeant Henderson was serving with the infantry in Belgium. He entered the service in February 1941, and went overseas in March of this year.
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When I was a kid probably in 1945 or 1946, once with a group of kids from Willowbrook, we went to Mrs. Henderson's house and saw Kenneth's Purple Heart that had been given to his mother. I remember she had a big police dog and she said don't act like you are afraid, and he will not bother you. Shirleen Gartin
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Wednesday, 13 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Soldier's Body to Arrive Saturday
The body of Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, who was killed in action in Belgium Sept. 3, 1944, will arrive in St. Joseph Saturday morning and will be taken to the Rupp mortuary.
Sergeant Henderson was born on Route 5, St. Joseph, and had lived his entire life in Buchanan County before entering service in February of 1941. He attended Willowbrook Grade School and was a graduate of Faucett High School. He received basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark., and was sent overseas in the spring of 1944 from Fort Meade, Md. At the time of his death he was serving with the 35th infantry division. He was 30 years old.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Cammie Henderson of the home on route 5, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mrs. Austin Krumme, both of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Franklin Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, Fred Henderson, Castle Gate, Utah; Vernon Henderson, Atchison, Kan., Frank Henderson, Campbellsberg, Ky., and Emery Henderson, Kansas City, Mo.
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Friday, 15 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Henderson Rites to Be Held on Sunday
Services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rupp chapel. The Rev. Arthur Forester will officiate. Burial will be in Agency Cemetery with military services at the graveside by Pony Express Post No. 359, American Legion. The body will arrive in St. Joseph tomorrow morning and will be taken to Rupp's. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action Sept. 3, 1944, in Belgium.
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Pallbearers at services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Rupp chapel will be Jessie Lee Bledsoe, Malcolm Krumme, William Lane, Eugene Jackson, Charles Kline and Norman Smiley. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action sept. 3, 1944 in Belgium.
During WWII he served with Company "C", of the 26th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Infantry Division.
He was killed in action.
Son of Mrs. C. Henderson.
Thursday, 5 Oct 1944 St. Joseph read:
Killed in Belgium . . . Mrs. G. B. Henderson, rural route No. 5, has received word from the war department that her son, Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, 30 years old, was killed in action Sept. 4. Sergeant Henderson was serving with the infantry in Belgium. He entered the service in February 1941, and went overseas in March of this year.
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When I was a kid probably in 1945 or 1946, once with a group of kids from Willowbrook, we went to Mrs. Henderson's house and saw Kenneth's Purple Heart that had been given to his mother. I remember she had a big police dog and she said don't act like you are afraid, and he will not bother you. Shirleen Gartin
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Wednesday, 13 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Soldier's Body to Arrive Saturday
The body of Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, who was killed in action in Belgium Sept. 3, 1944, will arrive in St. Joseph Saturday morning and will be taken to the Rupp mortuary.
Sergeant Henderson was born on Route 5, St. Joseph, and had lived his entire life in Buchanan County before entering service in February of 1941. He attended Willowbrook Grade School and was a graduate of Faucett High School. He received basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark., and was sent overseas in the spring of 1944 from Fort Meade, Md. At the time of his death he was serving with the 35th infantry division. He was 30 years old.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Cammie Henderson of the home on route 5, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mrs. Austin Krumme, both of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Franklin Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, Fred Henderson, Castle Gate, Utah; Vernon Henderson, Atchison, Kan., Frank Henderson, Campbellsberg, Ky., and Emery Henderson, Kansas City, Mo.
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Friday, 15 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Henderson Rites to Be Held on Sunday
Services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rupp chapel. The Rev. Arthur Forester will officiate. Burial will be in Agency Cemetery with military services at the graveside by Pony Express Post No. 359, American Legion. The body will arrive in St. Joseph tomorrow morning and will be taken to Rupp's. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action Sept. 3, 1944, in Belgium.
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Pallbearers at services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Rupp chapel will be Jessie Lee Bledsoe, Malcolm Krumme, William Lane, Eugene Jackson, Charles Kline and Norman Smiley. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action sept. 3, 1944 in Belgium.
He was killed in action.
Son of Mrs. C. Henderson.
Thursday, 5 Oct 1944 St. Joseph read:
Killed in Belgium . . . Mrs. G. B. Henderson, rural route No. 5, has received word from the war department that her son, Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, 30 years old, was killed in action Sept. 4. Sergeant Henderson was serving with the infantry in Belgium. He entered the service in February 1941, and went overseas in March of this year.
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When I was a kid probably in 1945 or 1946, once with a group of kids from Willowbrook, we went to Mrs. Henderson's house and saw Kenneth's Purple Heart that had been given to his mother. I remember she had a big police dog and she said don't act like you are afraid, and he will not bother you. Shirleen Gartin
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Wednesday, 13 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Soldier's Body to Arrive Saturday
The body of Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson, who was killed in action in Belgium Sept. 3, 1944, will arrive in St. Joseph Saturday morning and will be taken to the Rupp mortuary.
Sergeant Henderson was born on Route 5, St. Joseph, and had lived his entire life in Buchanan County before entering service in February of 1941. He attended Willowbrook Grade School and was a graduate of Faucett High School. He received basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark., and was sent overseas in the spring of 1944 from Fort Meade, Md. At the time of his death he was serving with the 35th infantry division. He was 30 years old.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Cammie Henderson of the home on route 5, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mrs. Austin Krumme, both of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Franklin Wilson, Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, Fred Henderson, Castle Gate, Utah; Vernon Henderson, Atchison, Kan., Frank Henderson, Campbellsberg, Ky., and Emery Henderson, Kansas City, Mo.
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Friday, 15 Apr 1949 St. Joseph paper:
Henderson Rites to Be Held on Sunday
Services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rupp chapel. The Rev. Arthur Forester will officiate. Burial will be in Agency Cemetery with military services at the graveside by Pony Express Post No. 359, American Legion. The body will arrive in St. Joseph tomorrow morning and will be taken to Rupp's. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action Sept. 3, 1944, in Belgium.
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Pallbearers at services for Staff Sergt. Kenneth R. Henderson at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Rupp chapel will be Jessie Lee Bledsoe, Malcolm Krumme, William Lane, Eugene Jackson, Charles Kline and Norman Smiley. Sergeant Henderson was killed in action sept. 3, 1944 in Belgium.
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