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Personal info

Full name
KING, Jerome Martin
Date of birth
5 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Preble, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36262745
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Harry F. King (father)
Eva I. (Isbell) King (mother)
Harold J. King (brother)
Irene A. King (sister)
John D. King (brother)
Mariel A. King (sister)
Bernard J. King (brother)
Edward J. King (brother)
Clara M. King (sister)
Anna L. King (sister)
Dolores I. King (sister)

More information

Pvt Jerome M. King graduated from East High School.

He joined the National Guard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 2 September 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Luedeman Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Wishinhart, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette