Military Involvement
| Servicemen - K surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
| Kallansrud, Robert H. | X |
Edward Elias Kallin was born May 6, 1921 to Anton and Grace B. Kallin. He died Apr. 29, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 3, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Kallin served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Hazelwood (DD-531) and was MIA/FOD/KIA in a kamikaze attack on his ship. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Earl Kearns was born Dec. 13, 1921 to James E. and Evelyn M. Anderson Kearns. He died June 12, 1943 and is buried in Corpus Christi Cemetery, Fort Dodge, IA.
Lt. Kearns served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group and died in the service of his country in Telergma, Algeria as the result of an accident.
Source: ancestry.com
Carlyle Xavier Kelly was born Sept. 27, 1915 to James Albert and Mabel Vivian Mitchell Kelly. He died Dec. 18, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Kelly served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Spence (DD-512) and was MIA/KIA when that ship capsized and sank in a major typhoon.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Merlin W. Koester was born July 1, 1923 to Fred and Muriel Stephenson Koester. He died Sept. 9, 2008 and is buried in Colfax Cemetery, Webster County, IA.
Merlin served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Stephen John “Steve” Kudron was born June 17, 1923 to Steve and Ida Lahanes Kudron. He died Jan. 4, 1944 and is buried in Fort Dodge Memorial Park, Fort Dodge, IA.
Pvt. Kudron served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 326th Training Group and died in an unsuccessful bailout aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31257 when an onboard fire forced an abandonment near Las Vegas Army Airfield, Nevada.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Jul 2019 & Jun 2023