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Personal info

Full name
KERR, James N
Date of birth
23 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32019045
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 59

Immediate family

Members
Florence V. (Maguire) Kerr (wife)

More information

S/Sgt James N. Kerr was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York Marriage License Indexes / New York Birth Index, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 26 February 1945

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