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Alfred Anthony Kingham
Alfred Anthony Kingham
Sergeant
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553rd Pontoon (Heavy) Engineer Battalion, US Army
June 13, 1922
Halifax, Nova Scotia
February 12, 1943
Michigan
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Single
Roman Catholic
Mary Florence Kingham (Mother) Michigan, US
September 12, 1944
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White Chapel Memorial Cemetery,
Troy, Oakland Co., Michigan
Alfred Anthony Kingham was the son of Harry Joseph (1887-1939) and Mary Florence (MacDonald)
Kingham (1900-1975). His father was born in Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, US, the son of British
immigrants. Alfred’s mother was born in Port Hood Mines, Inverness, NS. He had two brothers, Elmer
Lafayette (1923-2017) and Ronald Harry (1925-2001).
Born in Nova Scotia, Alfred grew up with his family in Michigan. Enlisting February 12, 1943, Alfred
served with the 553rd Pontoon (Heavy) Engineer Battalion.
In September 1944, during the Lorraine Campaign (Sept 1 – Dec 18, 1944) the American Third Army in
France mounted a drive to bridge the Moselle River at Dieulouard, France, and cut the German forces in
two.
Alfred Anthony Kingham was killed in Dieulouard, while building a pontoon bridge across the Moselle.
His body was returned to the United States and interred at the White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy,
Michigan.
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