Background
Sergeant Kenneth B. Duckworth, United States Army (4/14/1893 - 3/7/1945) was born in Salinas Mont, California to Belizario
E. Duckworth and Lillian Underwood. He served with the United States Marine Corps for two years, in China and the Philippines
and having docked in Japan, before his draft registration for the First World War on January 17, 1918. He entered the service
with the American Expeditionary Forces on Febrary 26, trained at Camp Fremont in California and served in England and France
with E Company, 319th Engineers. He returned from overseas duty around March 17, 1919 and was discharged on March 25.