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Personal info

Full name
GERLING, Kenneth Russell
Date of birth
21 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa
Hometown
Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37680932
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Housseras, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 26

Immediate family

Members
Fred H. Gerling (father)
Ester W. (Anderson) Gerling (mother)
Ralph E. Gerling (brother)
Edna R. Gerling (sister)
Dale H. Gerling (brother)
Doris C. Gerling (sister)
Mildred D. Gerling (sister)
Ruth M. (Van Winkle) Gerling (wife)
Ruth A. Gerling (daughter)
Janet E. Gerling (daughter)
Wayne Gerling (son)

More information

Pfc Kenneth R. Gerling worked on a farm before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 29 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / Ranta Family Tree / 1930 Census / 1940 Census / Iowa Marriage Records, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – The Muscatine Journal and News tribune Iowa 1 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Sue, www.ancestry.com - Lundp