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Personal info

Full name
THREM, Kearn Denton
Date of birth
22 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36165728
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 52

Immediate family

Members
Peter F. Threm (father)
John Emeott (stepfather)
Ella E. (Hickey) Threm (mother)
John Threm (brother)
Paul E. Threm (brother)

More information

T/4 Kearn D. Threm attended four years of high school and was employed as a meat cutter for Goodwill Meat Market before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 12 January 1942 and went overseas September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, Susan Linton - The Pontiac Weekly Newspaper 22 February 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - The Pontiac Weekly Newspaper 22 February 1945