Born in Houghton, Michigan, July 13, 1896, Attended the Berkeley, California High School, 1912-1914
Enrolled in the University Farm School, Davis, August 1914

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
World War I 917 84 USMC

Military Training

Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, 2 June 1917 at Oakland, California; assigned to active duty the same date and transferred to the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
10 Aug 1917; transferred to 35th Company, Marine Barracks, Mare Island.
9 Nov 1917; joined the 2660th Provisional Battalion, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia.

Active Service Assignments

8 Dec 1917; embarked aboard USS DeKalb at Newport News, Va, and sailed to St. George, New York.
14 Dec 1917; departed the continental United States for France.
25 Jan 1918; joined 49th Company, 5th Marines, American Expeditionary Forces.
Jan to June 1918; participated in action against enemy forces in France until his death.

Private First Class Kidwell was killed in action on 6 June 1918, Toulon Sector, Aisne Defense, Chateau Thierry, France.

Decorations and Awards

PURPLE HEART (Killed in action)
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL 1917-1918 France
WORLD WAR II VICTOR): MEDAL with two Clasps (1917-1918 Aisne and Defense Sector Clasps)

INTERMENT: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau Wood, France.