Kenneth McCory


  • Staff Sargent in the United States Army
  • His active duty was in the Infantry as a Quartermaster
  • He entered the US Army on October 4, 1943.
  • In Europe during WW ll, he was with the ground troops for General Payton’s tank division.
  • They arrived in Liverpool, England on June 29,1944. The Allies invaded Europe on June 6, 1944.
  • He landed on Normandy’s Utah Beach on September 4, 1944.
  • VE day was on May 7, 1945. He stayed in Germany and France until April 20, 1946.
  • He arrived back in the United States on April 29, 1946.
  • He was award a Bronze Star, a European campaign metal and a WW ll ribbon for his service.