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Personal info

Full name
KERNAN, Thomas Michael "Mike"
Date of birth
23 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Cortland, Cortland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32028988
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Punkewitz-Theissen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 3

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Kernan (father)
Anna Kernan (mother)
Terrell (stepfather)
Harold Hartnett (half-brother)
Ruth L. (VanDuzer) Kernan (wife)
Vicki L. Kernan (daughter)

More information

T/4 Thomas M. Kernan was a graduate of St. Mary's High School and was employed by the Mohian Market and later by Wickwire Brothers Inc.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 27 August 1941. He received his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and before going overseas was on maneuvers in California.

He left behind his wife Ruth and infant daughter Vicki Louise, whom he had never seen.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census - www.history.army.mil, The Evening Times (Sayre, Pennsylania), Cortland Standard (Cortland, N.Y.)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Per Annos Yearbook St Mary's High School (Cortland NY) - class of 1938