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Personal info

Full name
CHILDERS, Gerald Kenneth
Date of birth
15 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Washburn, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Hometown
La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35044548
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 12

Immediate family

Members
Alfred C. Childers (father)
Zora H. (Baker) Childers (mother)
Violet O. Childers (sister)
Hayward G. Childers (brother)
Dennis S. Childers (brother)
Wilma O. Childers (sister)
Homer L. Childers (brother)
Leona (Montez) Childers (wife)

More information

Pvt Gerald K. Childers attended high school for two years and was employed at the Modine Manufacture Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 21 March 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Sinnett Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery