Staff Sergeant Jacob Henry Kemmerling

1909 - 1945  (35 years)

• Name	Jacob Henry Kemmerling
  Prefix	Staff Sergeant
  Born	26 Aug 1909	Posey County, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Aug 1945	Manila, Pilipinas
  Buried	Stewartsville Cemetery, Stewartsville, Posey County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I336433	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Jacob Kemmerling,   b. 13 Jun 1858, Posey County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1925, Posey County, Indiana, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Susanna Katherine Faul,   b. 11 Aug 1866, Posey County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1913, Posey County, Indiana, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1904	Posey County, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F113037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Jacob Henry Kemmerling Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: Aug. 26, 1909 Indiana, USA Death: Aug. 15, 1945 Manila Metro Manila National Capital Region, Philippines Poseyville News dated August 31, 1945: Staff Sergeant Jacob H. Kemmerling, US Army, New Harmony who would have been 36 years old last Sunday, died of pneumonia on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on August 15, the day after the annoucement of Japan's agreement to surrender. Death came to the Posey county soldier on the eve of departure for the States of several of his Posey county comrades in the 163rd Field Artillery, 38th division. Staff Sergeant Kemmerling was a member of Battery E, Posey National Guard unit, when it was activated in January, 1941. The deceased was a member of one of Posey county's most prominent families. He was the son of the late Jacob Kemmerling and Susan Faul Kemmerling. Following graduation from New Harmony high school, where he was a basketball player he engaged in farming. He was unmarried. Survivors are two half-brothers, Charles M. Kemmerling and Oliver Kemmerling New Harmony and three half-sisters, Mrs. Mayme Kramer, Evansville; Miss Anne Kemmerling, Minneapolis; and Mrs. J. Ed Meyer, Mobridge, S. Dak. Poseyville News dated October 15, 1948: Military rites for S/Sgt. Jacob H. Kemmerling, 36, New Harmony Gold Star, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday in the Methodist church. Rev. R.J. Skelton will officiate and the New Harmony American Legion Post will be in charge of rites at the grave in Stewartsville cemetery. Posey county members of the 38th Cyclone division will serve as pallbearers. Sgt. Kemmerling succumbed to an illness of pneumonia Aug. 15, 1945, while on Luzon Island, the day after the surrender of Japan. He was the son of Jacob Kemmerling and Susan Faul Kemmerling. Surviving are two brothers, Charles M. Kemmerling and Oliver Kemmerling, of New Harmony; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Mayme Kramer, Evansville, and Miss Ann Kemmerling, Minneapolis. Family links: Parents: Jacob Kemmerling (1858 - 1925) Susanna Katherine Faul Kemmerling (1866 - 1913) Siblings: Mayme Kemmerling Kramer (1884 - 1972)** Katie Kemmerling (1888 - 1890)** Jacob Henry Kemmerling (1909 - 1945) *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Inscription: S/SGT. BTY. B, 163 F.A. 38 DIV. Note: Died at Manila P.I. Burial: Stewartsville Cemetery Stewartsville Posey County Indiana, USA Created by: Jane Record added: Sep 05, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 58219033