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Personal info

Full name
KERR, Darion
Date of birth
27 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Trenton, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36170258
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 30

Immediate family

Members
W. J. Kerr (father)
Henrietta M. Kerr (mother)
Aleta Kerr (sister)
James R. Kerr (brother)
Margaret M. (Friedel) Kerr (wife)

More information

Pvt Darion Kerr was a warehouse worker employed by the U.S. Gipson Company.

He enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 4 February 1942.

He was severly wounded in action in the vicinity of Mons, Belgium and died of his wounds on 3 September 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com