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Personal info

Full name
KALEMBER, Mike
Date of birth
9 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35895410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 18 1

Immediate family

Members
Joe Kalember (father)
Elizabeth Kalember (mother)
Eva Kalember (sister)
Steven Kalember (brother)

More information

Private Kalember attended Lew Wallace High School in Gary, where he played basketball center before he enlisted on 24 September 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana..

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Lew Wallace High School Yearbook 1946