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CPT Edwin Pierce Kerr Jr.
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CPT Edwin Pierce Kerr Jr. Veteran

Birth
Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
15 Aug 2008 (aged 87)
Oklahoma, USA
Cenotaph
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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SECTION 16 SITE 29
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Edwin Pierce Kerr Jr. was born January 28, 1921, in Marietta, Oklahoma, to Edwin P. and Matalene (Duke) Kerr. He was raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and attended New Mexico Military Institute from 1936 to 1939.

He interrupted his study of petroleum geology at OU to join the Army Air Force in 1943. He became a motion picture cameraman, taking pictures from air and ground for use as documentary evidence and news reel coverage of war in the Asiatic - Pacific theatre.

After the war, he completed his degree at OU with a BS in geology in 1948. The next 52 years were spent working as a petroleum geologist. He was a sixty year member and past vice president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

He was active in All Souls Episcopal Church, serving as Junior and Senior Warden. For the last 10 years, he had been a docent at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Janette Abercrombie Kerr.

He is survived by: his children, Catherine, Carol (Kurt), Tripp (Ann, children Preston and Cameron).

Edwin Kerr, jr., is buried in All Souls Church Columbarium. Please see this memorial for family links.
Edwin Pierce Kerr Jr. was born January 28, 1921, in Marietta, Oklahoma, to Edwin P. and Matalene (Duke) Kerr. He was raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and attended New Mexico Military Institute from 1936 to 1939.

He interrupted his study of petroleum geology at OU to join the Army Air Force in 1943. He became a motion picture cameraman, taking pictures from air and ground for use as documentary evidence and news reel coverage of war in the Asiatic - Pacific theatre.

After the war, he completed his degree at OU with a BS in geology in 1948. The next 52 years were spent working as a petroleum geologist. He was a sixty year member and past vice president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

He was active in All Souls Episcopal Church, serving as Junior and Senior Warden. For the last 10 years, he had been a docent at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Janette Abercrombie Kerr.

He is survived by: his children, Catherine, Carol (Kurt), Tripp (Ann, children Preston and Cameron).

Edwin Kerr, jr., is buried in All Souls Church Columbarium. Please see this memorial for family links.

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