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Personal info

Full name
KLOMP, Cornelius Johannes "Corky"
Date of birth
24 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana

Military service

Service number
6835203
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Bois-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 10

Immediate family

Members
Johannes A. Klomp (father)
Maria J. (Ruys) Klomp (mother)
Elizabeth M. Klomp (sister)
Johanna E. Klomp (sister)
Katherine Klomp (sister)
Jacob Klomp (brother)
Gerrit Klomp (brother)
Harry Klomp (brother)
Herman Klomp (brother)
Marie Klomp (sister)
Elsie P. (Kran) Klomp (wife)
Margaret A. Klomp (daughter)

More information

Sgt Cornelius J. Klomp enlisted in Butte, Montana on 19 October 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jung Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Missoulian Montana 8 February 1945, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nepper, The Western News - 5 April 1945