KROEGER AUGUST HENRY (LEFTY)

Male 1916 - 1945  (28 years)


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  • Name KROEGER AUGUST HENRY (LEFTY) 
    Born 7 Dec 1916 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Sep 1945  Okinawa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I03605  Gynzer's Genealogy Database
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2005 

    Father KROEGER CHARLES AUGUST,   b. 21 Oct 1890, Kroeger Farm in Ellis, KS. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1980, Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother GASCHLER KATHERINA (KATE) (KATIE),   b. 17 Jan 1894,   d. 7 May 1986, Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1913 
    Family ID F01135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Died september 17, 1945 while in the army overseas in Okinawa; a typhoon had hit the island. He was killed when he accidently took hold of a downed power line (a"hot" wire) while repairing a radio antenna. He was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS. The Obituary reads that he was buried at the Island Command Cemetery, Grave #485, Row 16, Plot 2, Okinawa. Never married.


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