Kenneth S. Perlitch was born in 1923 in New York. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942 in New York City, New York. He was noted as being employed as a Shipping and receiving clerk and also as Single, without dependents. Kenneth served as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on B-17G (#42-97255), 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Kenneth was declared "Missing In Action" over Rostock, Germany during the war. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.
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Perlitch Kenneth S.
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Kenneth S. Perlitch
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Second Lieutenant
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563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
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1944-04-11
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