Kenneth R. Strunk was born in 1924, to Leslie and Lillian Strunk, who lived in Pottstown Landing, in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. His father was a machinist at an auto parts company, and his mother worked as an operator at a silk mill.  Kenneth was one of two children: Leslie Jr. and Kenneth.

Kenneth graduated from the North Coventry High School in 1942, located on Hanover Street (Rt. 663), besides what is today the North Coventry Municipal Building. (The former High School building is now part of the West Mont Christian Academy).

Kenneth was a member of the Cedarville Methodist Church located on Laurelwood Rd, Pottstown. The Bethlehem Steel Company employed him upon graduation from high school.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kenneth joined the Army on December 12, 1942.

Second Lieutenant Kenneth R. Strunk was Killed In Action on November 5, 1944.