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Personal info

Full name
LA FROMBOISE, Kenneth Clarence
Date of birth
14 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
6835224
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Battery,
71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Near Kempen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 5

Immediate family

Members
Marion W. La Fromboise (father)
Catherine (Dousman) La Fromboise (mother)
Ethel La Fromboise (sister)
Emma La Fromboise (sister)
Marvin La Fromboise (brother)
Myrtle La Fromboise (sister)
Ordele La Fromboise (sister)
Viola M. La Fromboise (sister)

More information

T/5 Kenneth La Fromboise attended college and worked at the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.

He drowned when boating in a lake.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 census / 1940 census / Births and Christenings Index / Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records, http://71afa.com/index.php/in-memorium

Photo source: Peter Schouteten