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Personal info

Full name
KILKER, Arnold James
Date of birth
27 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
42128368
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 68

Immediate family

Members
John Kilker (father)
Mary T. Kilker (mother)
Beatrice Kilker (sister)
Mary C. Kilker (sister)
John Kilker (brother)

More information

Pvt Arnold J. Kilker enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 28 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/193/193_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet