World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth E. Gerler
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Oak Park, Illinois
Honored By
Kenneth E. Gerler
ENTERED SERVICE FROM ROTC AND SERVED WITH THE 1025TH ARMY SIGNAL CORPS GROUP DECEMBER 1942 TO SEPTEMBER 1945 IN NEW GUINEA, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, LUZON AND ON A SHIP WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATRE AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, PHILIPPINES LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS.