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Personal info

Full name
KERN, Delphus E
Date of birth
24 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Gladwin, Gladwin County, Michigan
Hometown
Gladwin, Gladwin County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36171567
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Grandvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 34

Immediate family

Members
Amon W. Kern (father)
Charlotte E. (Drake) Kern (mother)
George A. Kern (brother)
Marion G. Kern (brother)
Walter J. Kern (brother)
Nellie E. Kern (sister)
Ralph W. Kern (brother)
Lottie E. Kern (sister)
Oliver J. Kern (brother)
Raymond A. Kern (brother)
Carrie L. Kern (sister)
Delbert W. Kelley (brother)
Evelyn R. Kern (sister)
Alice M. Kern (sister)
Bonnie L. Kern (sister)
Milton H. Kern (brother)
Richard E. Kern (brother)

More information

Pfc Delphus E. Kern enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan on 11 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Karin Fink and Aaron Thomas Family, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Bruce Guy, www.ancestry.com - Jules