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KUHN, Kermit Dale - Date of
birth
22 August 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Bayard, Grant County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Bayard, Grant County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6999111 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
309th Engineer Combat Battalion,
84th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
27 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Waldniel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 12 | 9 |
Immediate family
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Members
Walter K. Kuhn (father)
Margaret C. (Kitzmiller) Kuhn (mother)
Mary G. Kuhn (sister)
Ronald G. Kuhn (brother)
Betty I. Kuhn (sister)
Ray L. Kuhn (sister)
Marcaline R. Kuhn (sister)
Barbara L. Kuhn (sister)
William G. Kuhn (brother)
Juliette W. (Bennett) Kuhn (wife)
Brenda D. Kuhn (daughter)
Randy Kuhn (son)
More information
Pvt Kermit D. Kuhn graduated from Bayard High School where he was captain of the basketball and baseball teams and won the Bayard High School Athletic Award for his sportsmanship and athletic ability.He was a motorman before he joined the Regular Army on 20 June 1940 and was sent overseas in September 1944.
In January 1945, Pvt Kuhn was awarded the Bronze Star for an heroic act of administering first aid while under enemy fire to ten men who would have died without receiving it.
In January 1952, Cpl Tony Scripp Jr., stationed with the U.S. Air Force in England, visited the grave of his uncle, together with Mrs. Mia Dings of Susteren. Mrs. Dings adopted the grave shortly after Pvt Kuhn was buried and visited it on a regular basis. She kept in touch with the Kuhn Family.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch,
www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wiget- Kensil-Veerkamp-Kitzmiller Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, Cumberland Evening Times - 17 January 1952
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Robert C. Sollars / Neil F, Cumberland Evening Times - 17 January 1952