Fred E. Kitchens

Name: Fred Elmer Kitchens

Service number: 38146528

Born: 4 August, 1914, Oklahoma

Hometown: Stephens County, Ohio

Family:

William Zachariah Kitchens (father)

Emma Parlee Fairchild (mother)

Set Twins Kitchens (sister)

Minnie Mae Kitchens (sister)

John Kitchens (brother)

William Floyd Kitchens (brother)

Jesse Robert Kitchens (brother)

Jewel Latha Kitchens (sister)

Cecil Charlie Kitchens (brother)

Hazel Kitchens (sister)

Rank: Private First Class

Division: 90th Infantry Division

Regiment: 358th Infantry Regiment

Enlistment: 17 March1942, Fort Still, Oklahoma

Status: KIA

Date of death: 9 July 1944

Awards: Purple Heart

Grave Number: Plot F Row 10 Grave 17

Cemetery: American War Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer

Other information:

Believed to be killed by a sniper while he was driving a jeep

Fred and john Kitchens

The Kitchen Boys, around 1920 at Ravia, Oklahoma.

Top: Jess, Will, John and Zack

Bottom: Fred and Cecil

Memorial Stone at Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma. Fred's parents are burried here.

Fred's grave, June 6, 2014