~Last update 8/14/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - K surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Keister, Richard Allison X     X
Kenyon, Aaron A.     X  
Koch, Herbert Albert Friedrich X      
Krayenhagen, Robert Francis X      

Harley Curtis Kempter was born Aug. 29, 1915 to Henry Christopher and Ada L. Brown Kempter. He died Aug. 8, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 7, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2nd Lt. Kempter served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 333rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group and was MIA/KIA over Kyushu Island, Japan. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


George Harold Knapp was born Aug. 12, 1923 to Charles H. and Lela May Baugh Knapp. He died June 9, 1944 and is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.

Pvt. Knapp served in World War II with the U.S. Army 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


Francis P. Knight was born Mar. 30, 1905 to J. P. and Florence Bergman Knight. He died May 7, 1948 and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS.

MSgt. Knight served in World War II with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com


Randall Eugene Kratz was born May 7, 1926 to John Albert and Helen Sylvia Brieske Kratz. He died Apr. 27, 1946 and is buried in Clinton Lawn Cemetery, Clinton, IA. 

Randall served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. 

Source: ancestry.com 



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Jul & Aug 2020 & Aug 2023

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