Military Involvement
| Servicemen - K surnames | KIA | POW | Died/nonbattle |
| Knouse, Herbert Dean | X |
Orval Allen Kennedy was born July 13, 1919 to Loren and Noah Beck Kennedy. He died July 15, 2010 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA
Pvt. Kennedy served in World War II with the U.S. Army. He received the Purple Heart after being wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Louis Kent was born Jan. 18, 1925 to Gage A. and Mildred Johnson Kent. He died Jan. 23, 2014 and is buried in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Trinity, FL.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Byron Charles Kern was born May 4, 1920 to Herman John and Elsie May Martin Kern. He died Jan. 5, 1944 and is buried in Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, IA.
Lt. Kern served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was killed in a plane crash while in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
John Martin Kern was born May 3, 1918 to Herman J. and Elsie Martin Kern. He died July 26, 2004 and is buried in Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, IA.
Ens. Kern served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Hugh Benjamin Kimrey was born Oct. 6, 1922 to Clyde E. and Maude Dyer Kimrey. He died Sept. 12, 1944 and is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA.
Petty Officer Kimrey served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died in the Naval Hospital in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer Boyd Kirts was born Aug. 28, 1919 to George and Bertha Elton Kirts. He died May 4, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 3, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and has a cenotaph in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Warren County, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Boyd served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS LUCE (DD-522) when it was sunk by kamikaze attack and she slid beneath the surface in a violent explosion carrying 126 of her 312 officers and men with her. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Apr 2020 & Jul 2022