Donald Lewis Gerrits

1930 - 1950  (19 years)

• Name	Donald Lewis Gerrits
  Born	16 Nov 1930
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	PFC 19 Inf 24 Inf Div Korea
  Died	19 Sep 1950
  Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery, DePere, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I198332	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Peter John Gerrits,   b. 08 Aug 1903, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 16 Jan 1975, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jeanette Josephine Sanders,   b. 28 Mar 1907, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 04 Oct 1964, West DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin  (Age 57 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1926
  Family ID	F35584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Area Soldier Died in Action Donald L. Gerrits, West DePere, Dead in Korean Fighting Private First Class Donald L Gerrits, 19, was killed in action in the Taejon area in Korea SEpt. 19, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gerrits, route 1, West De Pere, have been informed. The youngsoldier servedwith the 19thregiment,24thInfantry division and had landed in Korea. July 3. He enlisted in the army Jan. 21. 1949.and took his basic training at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. He left for Japan in April after a furlough at home. He was a member of Immaculate Conception church and the Holy Name society. Oneida. Survivors are the parents' two sisters, Mrs. Sylvester Manders, West De Pere, and Miss Rosella at home; four brothers.Lloyd,Green Bay. Clarence.Kaukauna. and Robert and Kenneth. at home and his grandfather.Louis Gerrits.route 2, Kaukauna. The funeral mass will be at o'clockTuesdaymorningat Immaculate Conceptionchurch,Oneida.