excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 16, 1944
PRIVATE CHARLES E. KERCHNER, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville, has been killed in action in France, the War Department notified members of the family by telegram late Sunday. The brief message said only that Private Kerchner was killed on June 21.
It was the fifth death reported in the county as a result of the French invasion and the first in Walkersville.
The last letter from Private Kerchner to his parents, dated June 14, came from France and said that he was safe and well. It is believed that he was with some of the first infantrymen to enter France. He was not with the 29th Division, it was said, but was a member of another unit.
Private Kerchner had nine years of service in the Army before the war began, being stationed in Hawaii at one time. He was also a former National Guard member. He was in the sales department of the Glade Valley Garber Baking Co. when he enlisted in October of 1942.
The Walkersville, man, who attended school in his home town, was also at one time assistant manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this city and a former manager of the same company's office in Fredericksburg, Va.
After enlisting in the Army in 1942 he was stationed at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and later in Tennessee and Kentucky before going to Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla., his last assignment in this country before going overseas. He had been overseas since the first of January of this year.
Three brothers are also in service. Unmarried, Pvt. Kerchner is survived , in addition to his parents, by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Leo Krantz, this city; Miss Janet Kerchner, at home; Leonard and John Kerchner, both in the U. S. Navy; Robert Kerchner, this city; Sergt. Howard R. Kerchner, with the U. S. Army overseas.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, June 26, 1948
The remains of Pvt. Charles E. Kerchner, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville are being returned from Europe aboard the U. S. Army Transport Greenville Victory.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 6, 1948
The remains of Pfc. Charles E. Kerchner, a member of the Fourth Division, Eighth Infantry, died in action in France on June 21, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Mrs. C. Leo Krantz, Braddock, and Miss Janet L. Kerchner, Walkersville; and three brothers, Leonard S. Kerchner, Littlestown, Pa.; Howard L. Kerchner, Frederick; and John H. Kerchner, Walkersville.
PRIVATE CHARLES E. KERCHNER, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville, has been killed in action in France, the War Department notified members of the family by telegram late Sunday. The brief message said only that Private Kerchner was killed on June 21.
It was the fifth death reported in the county as a result of the French invasion and the first in Walkersville.
The last letter from Private Kerchner to his parents, dated June 14, came from France and said that he was safe and well. It is believed that he was with some of the first infantrymen to enter France. He was not with the 29th Division, it was said, but was a member of another unit.
Private Kerchner had nine years of service in the Army before the war began, being stationed in Hawaii at one time. He was also a former National Guard member. He was in the sales department of the Glade Valley Garber Baking Co. when he enlisted in October of 1942.
The Walkersville, man, who attended school in his home town, was also at one time assistant manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this city and a former manager of the same company's office in Fredericksburg, Va.
After enlisting in the Army in 1942 he was stationed at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and later in Tennessee and Kentucky before going to Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla., his last assignment in this country before going overseas. He had been overseas since the first of January of this year.
Three brothers are also in service. Unmarried, Pvt. Kerchner is survived , in addition to his parents, by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Leo Krantz, this city; Miss Janet Kerchner, at home; Leonard and John Kerchner, both in the U. S. Navy; Robert Kerchner, this city; Sergt. Howard R. Kerchner, with the U. S. Army overseas.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, June 26, 1948
The remains of Pvt. Charles E. Kerchner, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville are being returned from Europe aboard the U. S. Army Transport Greenville Victory.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 6, 1948
The remains of Pfc. Charles E. Kerchner, a member of the Fourth Division, Eighth Infantry, died in action in France on June 21, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Mrs. C. Leo Krantz, Braddock, and Miss Janet L. Kerchner, Walkersville; and three brothers, Leonard S. Kerchner, Littlestown, Pa.; Howard L. Kerchner, Frederick; and John H. Kerchner, Walkersville.
excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 16, 1944
PRIVATE CHARLES E. KERCHNER, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville, has been killed in action in France, the War Department notified members of the family by telegram late Sunday. The brief message said only that Private Kerchner was killed on June 21.
It was the fifth death reported in the county as a result of the French invasion and the first in Walkersville.
The last letter from Private Kerchner to his parents, dated June 14, came from France and said that he was safe and well. It is believed that he was with some of the first infantrymen to enter France. He was not with the 29th Division, it was said, but was a member of another unit.
Private Kerchner had nine years of service in the Army before the war began, being stationed in Hawaii at one time. He was also a former National Guard member. He was in the sales department of the Glade Valley Garber Baking Co. when he enlisted in October of 1942.
The Walkersville, man, who attended school in his home town, was also at one time assistant manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this city and a former manager of the same company's office in Fredericksburg, Va.
After enlisting in the Army in 1942 he was stationed at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and later in Tennessee and Kentucky before going to Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla., his last assignment in this country before going overseas. He had been overseas since the first of January of this year.
Three brothers are also in service. Unmarried, Pvt. Kerchner is survived , in addition to his parents, by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Leo Krantz, this city; Miss Janet Kerchner, at home; Leonard and John Kerchner, both in the U. S. Navy; Robert Kerchner, this city; Sergt. Howard R. Kerchner, with the U. S. Army overseas.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, June 26, 1948
The remains of Pvt. Charles E. Kerchner, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville are being returned from Europe aboard the U. S. Army Transport Greenville Victory.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 6, 1948
The remains of Pfc. Charles E. Kerchner, a member of the Fourth Division, Eighth Infantry, died in action in France on June 21, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Mrs. C. Leo Krantz, Braddock, and Miss Janet L. Kerchner, Walkersville; and three brothers, Leonard S. Kerchner, Littlestown, Pa.; Howard L. Kerchner, Frederick; and John H. Kerchner, Walkersville.
PRIVATE CHARLES E. KERCHNER, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville, has been killed in action in France, the War Department notified members of the family by telegram late Sunday. The brief message said only that Private Kerchner was killed on June 21.
It was the fifth death reported in the county as a result of the French invasion and the first in Walkersville.
The last letter from Private Kerchner to his parents, dated June 14, came from France and said that he was safe and well. It is believed that he was with some of the first infantrymen to enter France. He was not with the 29th Division, it was said, but was a member of another unit.
Private Kerchner had nine years of service in the Army before the war began, being stationed in Hawaii at one time. He was also a former National Guard member. He was in the sales department of the Glade Valley Garber Baking Co. when he enlisted in October of 1942.
The Walkersville, man, who attended school in his home town, was also at one time assistant manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this city and a former manager of the same company's office in Fredericksburg, Va.
After enlisting in the Army in 1942 he was stationed at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and later in Tennessee and Kentucky before going to Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla., his last assignment in this country before going overseas. He had been overseas since the first of January of this year.
Three brothers are also in service. Unmarried, Pvt. Kerchner is survived , in addition to his parents, by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Leo Krantz, this city; Miss Janet Kerchner, at home; Leonard and John Kerchner, both in the U. S. Navy; Robert Kerchner, this city; Sergt. Howard R. Kerchner, with the U. S. Army overseas.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, June 26, 1948
The remains of Pvt. Charles E. Kerchner, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kerchner, of Walkersville are being returned from Europe aboard the U. S. Army Transport Greenville Victory.
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excerpts from The News, Frederick, MD, July 6, 1948
The remains of Pfc. Charles E. Kerchner, a member of the Fourth Division, Eighth Infantry, died in action in France on June 21, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Mrs. C. Leo Krantz, Braddock, and Miss Janet L. Kerchner, Walkersville; and three brothers, Leonard S. Kerchner, Littlestown, Pa.; Howard L. Kerchner, Frederick; and John H. Kerchner, Walkersville.
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