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Personal info

Full name
KAHLMORGAN, Alfred F
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35227250
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Boppard, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 84

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Kahlmorgan (father)
Joseph Switalski (stepfather)
Eleanore (Mead) Kahlmorgan (mother)
Bernice Kahlmorgan (sister)
Lawrence W. Kahlmorgan (brother)
Lloyd R. Kahlmorgan (brother)
Christopher H. Kahlmorgan (brother)
Herbert Kahlmorgan (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Alfred F. Kahlmorgan attended Central High School and worked for a company that produced rubber goods.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 25 August 1943 and was sent overseas on 15 September 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on 2 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorail.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Zunck Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, http://www.usarmydatadepot.com/composition_de_la_357th_inf_reg_de_la_90th_id_6424.htm

Photo source: The South Bend Tribune - 30 March 1945