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Personal info

Full name
KROENKE, Wilbert Ernest
Date of birth
17 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Shawano County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36272693
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sibret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 53

Immediate family

Members
Gustav A. Kroenke (father)
Clara A. (Erdman) Kroenke (mother)
Ruth Kroenke (sister)
David K. Kroenke (brother)
Norma Kroenke (sister)
Doris H. Kroenke (sister)
Marvin C. Kroenke (brother)
Ethel E. Kroenke (sister)
Roy C. Kroenke (brother)
Orvis D Kroenke (brother)
Carol Kroenke (sister)

More information

Pfc Wilbert E. Kroenke enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 7 October 1942.

His brother Pfc Roy C. Kroenke died on 26 March 1945 and is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Lorraine, France. His brother Marvin C. Kroenke was also in the service, and was reported wounded in action on 11 january 1945 in Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / http://cgsc.cdmhost.com - After action report, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette - 6 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy