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World War II
Kenneth Monroe Ayres
Tech 4 - Army -KIA -Normandy
744 Light Tank BN

The 744th in Normandy

Kenneth AyREs
1 Feb 1914-26 Jul 1944
Service No. 38115283

The Photo and book image, from
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Grayson County

The 744th Tank Batt. landed
on Utah Beach in Normandy on 30 Jun 1944.
Part of the waves of armory and men needed
to be part of the sweep pushing the Germans out of France and back to Germany.

His Military Registration


He Enlisted in Dallas 18 May 1942
He listed his civil occupation as Farm hand with livestock.
He had 1 yr of high school.



Fort Worth Star-Telegram
24 Aug 1944
(his surname is Ayres)

He would have been buried in Normandy until after the War.

He was eventually buried in
WEST HILL

Although he has a military stone
in West Hill, there is no tombstone application on file.


 Grayson County Military Page
Susan Hawkins
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