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Personal info

Full name
KERBY, George Ivan
Date of birth
8 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Exline, Appanoose County, Iowa
Hometown
Caldwell, Appanoose County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37193382
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Hilfarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 25

Immediate family

Members
David H. Kerby (father)
Clara (Sietz) Kerby (mother)
Edna I. Kerby (sister)
Justine Kerby (sister)
Thomas V. Kerby (brother)

More information

Pfc George I. Kerby served two years in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska prior to being sent to the European theater of war.

He joined his unit from the 83rd Replacement Battalion on 17 January 1945. He was promoted to Pfc on 14 February 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Iowa, County Births, www.coulthart.com/134, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Suzanne Kerby Boughner