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KEMPF, Frank Henry - Date of
birth
30 May 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona -
Hometown
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39861735 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 January 1945 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 7 | 30 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frank H. Kempf (father)
Kathryn (Morrison) Kempf (mother)
Robert L. Kempf (brother)
More information
Pfc Frank H. Kempf graduated from Tucson High School in 1943, where he was a catcher and a captain for the state championship high school baseball team in 1943. He also starred on the Junior American Legion baseball team in 1940, 1941, and 1942. He also played basketball.He enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 21 July 1943 and he was first attached to the medical corps, then transferred to the University of Indiana where he was a mechanical engineering cadet under the Army Specialized Training Program. When the specialized training program ended, he transferred back to the medical corps then later to the infantry for which he trained at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky. He was sent overseas in October 1944, going into active combat duty in early January 1945.
His brother Seaman 1st Class Robert L. Kempf, served in the Pacific.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Kindberg Family Tree / Tucson Daily Citizen / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://75thdivisiondad.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Tucson Daily Citizen, www.ancestry.com - Kathryn Kempf Ruston Wilson