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CPL Kenneth Alwyn “Bill” Vaught

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CPL Kenneth Alwyn “Bill” Vaught

Birth
Olney, Young County, Texas, USA
Death
5 Jun 1944 (aged 21)
Harringworth, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot
Plot E, Row 5, Grave 26.
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Corporal, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Texas. Awarded the Purple Heart. Killed in an accident at RAF Station Spanhoe while boarding a C-47 before D-Day when a Gammon grenade was dropped in his aircraft. This set off a number of other grenades and killed two other paratroopers besides Corporal Vaught; 15 were wounded, including the C-47's radio operator.
Corporal, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Texas. Awarded the Purple Heart. Killed in an accident at RAF Station Spanhoe while boarding a C-47 before D-Day when a Gammon grenade was dropped in his aircraft. This set off a number of other grenades and killed two other paratroopers besides Corporal Vaught; 15 were wounded, including the C-47's radio operator.

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CPL 505 PRCHT INF 82 ABN DIV TEXAS

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  • Maintained by: Doc Wilson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295191/kenneth_alwyn-vaught: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Kenneth Alwyn “Bill” Vaught (2 Oct 1922–5 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56295191, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).