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Personal info

Full name
KEHM, Edgar W
Date of birth
25 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Lee County, Illinois
Hometown
Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36786475
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 40

Immediate family

Members
William Kehm (father)
Ella A. (Eppler) Kehm (mother)
Helen E. Kehm (sister)
Harold E. Kehm (brother)
Elda M. Kehm (sister)
Deldora V. Kehm (sister)
Ivis D. (Krahn) Kehm (wife)

More information

Pvt Edgar W. Kehn was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

He is remembered at the Restland Cemetery in Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Krahn Harbison Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Linda Knowlton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Linda Knowlton