Soldier Details

Division:

Army
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Company I 9th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division

Highest Rank:

SGT

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Jul 18, 1944 - Jul 8, 1945

Military Honors:

Good Conduct, American Theater Service medal, Army of Occupation metal, European African Middle Eastern Service metal, Victory metal, Combat Infantryman Badge.

Honored By:

Steve and Judy Kroeger, son-in-law and daughter of Kenneth Kalbach.Steve is also and Army veteran serving in Vietnam and at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

Prisoner of War

Killed In Action

Biography

Kenneth graduated from High School in Stuart, Iowa in 1943 and enlisted in the US Army July 18,1944 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a Rifleman and served in Company I , 9th Infantry, 2 Division in Europe during the Rhineland Central Europe campaigns. He received the Good Conduct metal, American Theater Service metal, Army of Occupation medal (Germany), the European African Middle Eastern Service metal, Combat INfantryman Badge, Expert M-1 Rifle and the Victory metal.

Documents

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