*last update 8/15/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - K surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Kidd, John W. X     X
Knudtson, Kenneth        
Krukow, Orville        

Leo Kevane was born June 23, 1906 to Morris Michael and Margaret C. “Maggie” Brady Kevane. He died Jan. 1, 1977 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Milford, IA. Sgt. Kevane served with the U.S. Army in World War II. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Freeman Severene Knudtson was born Nov. 8, 1919 to Knudt Severene and Mary Rebecca Jones Knudtson. He died Jan. 28, 2022 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IA. 

Freeman served in World War II with the U.S. Army in a searchlight outfit along the California coast and desert. Later he was among 20,000 Allied soldiers who traveled the North Atlantic Ocean aboard the Queen Mary troop-ship to Scotland. He then served within a communications company in France, Germany, Holland and Austria.

Source: ancestry.com 


Raymond Leslie Kreiger was born Aug. 2, 1923 to Claude L. and Herma B. Lighter Kreiger. He died May 9, 2010 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA. Raymond served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


John W. Krout was born June 6, 1907 to Will A. and Bernadette Ellen “Birdie” Kennedy Krout. He died Oct. 23, 1988 and is buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Lake Park, IA. Pvt. Krout served with the U.S. Army in World War II. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Raymond LaVerne “Ray" Kurtz was born Sept. 15, 1919 to Clarence Raymond and Esther Augusta Rentz Kurtz. He died June 14, 2012 and is buried in Storm Lake Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA. 

Ray served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1/AKV-1), USS Casablanca (AVG/ACV/CVE-55) and the USS Hogatt Bay (CVE-75). During his service, he received numerous awards and honors. 

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul & Aug 2024

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