Identified personal item
Pillow cover identified to Pfc. Kenneth R. Hassell
Pillow cover bought by a soldier in the Camp Breckinridge (Kentucky) PX as a gift to probably his Sweetheart. Almost unused and still in its original box. The box is slightly crushed but kept the pillow and flock print in excellent shape. It was sent from Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky by Kenneth R. Hassell, Service Battery, 323rd FA Bn. to Miss Augusta Groves, 515 So. Oakland St., Gastonia, North Carolina.
This Pillow cover was once bought by Pfc. Kenneth R. Hassell (#34455423), Service Battery, 323rd Field Artillery Battalion.
Pfc. Kenneth R. Hassell
Private First Class
Kenneth R. Hassell
Private First Class Kenneth R. Hassell
Kenneth Russell Hassell was born on April 30, 1921 in Creswell, North Carolina as the third of four sons, to Maude Estelle Dillon (1890-1926) and Charles Andrew Hassell (1893-1964). He lost his mother when he was just five years old and grow up with his father and his three brothers.
At the age of 21, Kenneth R. Hassell enlisted in the Army on October 6, 1942, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. At that time he lived in Jamesville, North Carolina. In september 1943 he moved to Camp Breckinridge and trained there for the remainder of the year and the first two months of 1944. He ended up serving with Service Battery of the 323rd Field Artillery Battalion of the 83rd Infantry Division. For his service he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Bronze Star Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Kenneth Hassell died of myocardial infarction on December 10, 1968 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, North Carolina. He is buried at the Azalea Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tyrell County, Nort Carolina. He was never married.
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