Project 888
Name: Robert Leroy KINNAMAN
Rank / Rating: S2-Seaman Second ClassService #: 966 44 20 DOB: Jun 27, 1917 From: Sevier County, Tennessee Parents: Went Aboard: May 1944 Age When Ship Went Down: 28 years, 1 months, 3 days Spouse: Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Admin |
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Seaman Second Class Kinnaman (Service Number: 966-44-20) was born on June 27, 1917, in Sevier County, Tennessee.
He was inducted into the United States Naval Reserve on February 24, 1944, at Chattanooga, TN. He completed Boot Camp training in Company 428 at USNTC (United States Naval Training Center), Great Lakes, Illinois.
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 He was assigned to USS Indianapolis, Division R, in May 1944.
He died as a result of the ship’s sinking on July 30, 1945, and was buried at sea.
Robert Kinnaman was not married.
His family called him Roy. He and his mother lived with us fora short period of time before he went into the Navy. I was young at the time but remember him well. His mother told me later that Roy had always said I was his favorite cousin. His mother willed me all she had saved about Roy. I have a cap (like the one in the picture) which he forgot on his last trip home.
I have his Purple Heart and other medals. Among those things are his letters to her while he was on the USS Indianapolis. A few parts had been cut out by the censoring, but all carried his love for his family and his country.
Kinnaman’s mother passed away in 1980. His nearest surviving relative at the time was his cousin, Sue R Damewood, of Powell, Tennessee.
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