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KERN, Harold Walter - Date of
birth
3 March 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36828353 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Strasbourg, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 18 | 48 |
Immediate family
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Members
Albert I. Kern (father)
Mabel G. (Belea) Kern (mother)
Alberta Kern (sister)
Esther G. (Christian) Kern (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Harold W. Kern graduated from Wausau High School and attended Lawrence College for a year before joining the staff of the Employers Mutuals, where he was supervisor of the printing department at the time he enlisted on 24 July 1943. He was sent overseas in March 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bachmann Hartman Tree / 1940 Census / Wisconsin Marriage Record, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press Gazette 3 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy