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Byron Kern (1944)

KERN, YOUNG

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 3/22/2007 at 11:48:35

Winterset Madisonian - January 12, 1944
Winterset, Iowa

NORWALK NAVAL FLYER IS KILLED

Lieut. (j.g.) Byron Kern of Norwalk has been killed in a plane crash in the Carribean area, according to word received Monday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kern of that community.

Lieutenant Kern was a nephew of Mrs. Blair Young of Winterset. He was 23 years old, and was the pilot of a navy bomber. He had just returned to duty after spending a 30-day Christmas furlough.

He leaves two brothers, one of whom, Ensign John Kern, received his navy wings Dec. 28.


 

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