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SSGT Kelton G Rainey

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SSGT Kelton G Rainey

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16 Aug 1944 (aged 27)
England
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Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Kelton entered the service January 7, 1938. He was a member of Co. A ,746th Tank Battalion and they hit Utah Beach on D-Day. They linked up with the 82nd Airborne and helped secure St.Mere Eglise. Kelton was wounded on June 13, 1944 and was evacuated to the 68th US General Hospital in England with Multiple shell fragment wounds and died of his wounds on August 16, 1944.
Kelton entered the service January 7, 1938. He was a member of Co. A ,746th Tank Battalion and they hit Utah Beach on D-Day. They linked up with the 82nd Airborne and helped secure St.Mere Eglise. Kelton was wounded on June 13, 1944 and was evacuated to the 68th US General Hospital in England with Multiple shell fragment wounds and died of his wounds on August 16, 1944.

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SSGT, 746 TANK BN WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Dec 27, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156413603/kelton_g-rainey: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Kelton G Rainey (20 Dec 1916–16 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156413603, citing Glenwood Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).