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Personal info

Full name
KERN, Arthur F
Date of birth
15 December 1907
Age
36
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36242874
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 51

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Kern (father)
Emma M. (Ehlke) Kern (mother)
Charles J. Kern (brother)
Rosella Kern (sister)
Marcia Kern (sister)
Pearl Kern (sister)
Lucille Kern (sister)
Joan Kern (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur F. Kern as a baker before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 25 May 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kern Jr. Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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