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Lieut Edward Ralph Kenneson

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Lieut Edward Ralph Kenneson

Birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 Jan 1919 (aged 24)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Halcyon Avenue, Lot 4104
Memorial ID
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Son of Edward S and Esther Elvira (Martin) Kenneson
Husband of Mary Aileen Cubberley (1892-1984)

Interred 10/23/1921 according to cemetery records and published obituary:

ARLINGTON, Oct. 23. The body of 1st Lieut. Edward Ralph Kenneson of the 9th Aero Squadron, who died of pneumonia in a Paris hospital on Jan. 9, 1919, was buried with full military honors at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, this afternoon following a funeral service in the Arlington First Baptist Church. The service was conducted by the Rev WF Preston, pastor of the Arlington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, where the dead hero attended.

As the funeral cortege was proceeding along Massachusetts Avenue, the church bells in Arlington were tolled. Flags on public buildings were floated at half-staff.

Lieut. Kenneson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Kenneson of Arlington Heights, and he saw two years of brilliant service in France. At the time of his death, he was with the army of occupation and was in command of the 9th Aero Squadron.
Son of Edward S and Esther Elvira (Martin) Kenneson
Husband of Mary Aileen Cubberley (1892-1984)

Interred 10/23/1921 according to cemetery records and published obituary:

ARLINGTON, Oct. 23. The body of 1st Lieut. Edward Ralph Kenneson of the 9th Aero Squadron, who died of pneumonia in a Paris hospital on Jan. 9, 1919, was buried with full military honors at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, this afternoon following a funeral service in the Arlington First Baptist Church. The service was conducted by the Rev WF Preston, pastor of the Arlington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, where the dead hero attended.

As the funeral cortege was proceeding along Massachusetts Avenue, the church bells in Arlington were tolled. Flags on public buildings were floated at half-staff.

Lieut. Kenneson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Kenneson of Arlington Heights, and he saw two years of brilliant service in France. At the time of his death, he was with the army of occupation and was in command of the 9th Aero Squadron.


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  • Created by: AuntieJ
  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82017382/edward_ralph-kenneson: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Edward Ralph Kenneson (4 Nov 1894–9 Jan 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82017382, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by AuntieJ (contributor 47536069).