Full Name:   Paul Leonard Kastner
Parents:   Leonard Albert Kastner/Margaret Mary T...
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Monument Inscription:   PAUL L KASTNER   ARMY  
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 3, Position 13
Branch:   United States Army
Rank/Grade:   Sergeant 1st Class
Unit:   ; served in Germany.
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     Monument Inscription:   ROBERT C KENNEY    ARMY    WW II
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 5, Position 13
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   WW II
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     Full Name:   Peter John Ketchum
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Monument Inscription:   PETER J KETCHUM    USMC-USAF    DESERT STORM
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 6, Position 07
Branch:   United States Marine Corps/Air Force Reserve
Period Served:   Persian Gulf War
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     Monument Inscription:   ROGER KIST    NAVY   
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 12
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   1959-1962
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      ----------Monument Inscription:   JOHN KLEISS   ARMY   VIETNAM ERA
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 1, Position 15
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam War Era.
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     Monument Inscription:   DAVID L KLINE   USAF   VIETNAM
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 1, Position 09
Branch:   United States Air Force
Period Served:   Vietnam War
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     Monument Inscription:   ANDREW H KLUMB   ARMY  
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 5, Position 16
Branch:   United States Army
Length of Service:   (1954-1956)
Unit:   ; served in Germany in the American Zone.
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     Monument Inscription:   ORVIL J KLUMB    ARMY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 2, Position 33
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   WW II
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     Full Name:   Joseph Peter Kneisl
Life Span:   (19 March 1893 - January 1966)
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Monument Inscription:   Joseph P KNEISL SR    NAVY    WW I
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 5, Position 14
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   WW I
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     Monument Inscription:   RALPH E KNUEPPEL   ARMY   VIETNAM
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 3, Position 12
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam War
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     Monument Inscription:   DENNIS G KNUTSON   ARMY   VIETNAM ERA
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 5, Position 12
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam War Era.
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     Monument Inscription:   GEORGE O KOHN    ARMY   ; VIETNAM
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 38
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam
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     Parents:   Laverne Peter Kohl/Jean Marie S...
Life Span:   (30 May 1946 - 13 April 2003)
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Monument Inscription:   PETER R KOHL    ARMY    VIETNAM
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 37
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam
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     Monument Inscription:   RANDALL L KOLLER   ARMY   Cuban Crisis
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 2, Position 40
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis)
Length of Service:   (1961-1962)
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     Monument Inscription:   THOMAS J KORTH    ARMY    IRAQI FREEDOM
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 5, Position 28
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   War on Terrorism (Iraq)
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     Monument Inscription:   HARVEY E KOSSOW    NAVY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 5, Position 39
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   WW II
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     Monument Inscription:   JOHN R KOZAR    NAVY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker EW, Row 1, Position 26
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   WW II
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     Monument Inscription:   GORDON E KRAEMER    ARMY    KOREA
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 11
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Korean War
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     Monument Inscription:   JOHN H KRAUSE JR    USMC
Wall Location:   East Marker EW, Row 1, Position 06
Branch:   United States Marine Corps
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     Monument Inscription:   JOHN H KRAUSE SR    USMC
Wall Location:   East Marker EW, Row 1, Position 05
Branch:   United States Marine Corps
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     Monument Inscription:   OLIVER A KRAUSE    NAVY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 5, Position 18
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   WW II
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     Monument Inscription:   VICTOR H KRAUSE    NAVY    VIETNAM ERA
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 4, Position 29
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   Vietnam War Era
Length of Service:   (1965-1971)
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     Life Span:   (09 April 1924 - 09 July 1998)
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Monument Inscription:   ALOYSIUS "OLLIE" KREUSER   ARMY   WW II
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 3, Position 03
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   WW II
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     Monument Inscription:   EDWARD J KROHN   USMC   WW II
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 2, Position 17
Branch:   United States Marine Corps
Period Served:   WW II
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     Parents:   Prokop Krohta/Margaret D...
Life Span:   (21 July 1920 - 10 February 2005)
Interred:   Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA.
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Monument Inscription:   JOHN KROHTA    NAVY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker WW, Row 4, Position 01
Branch:   United States Navy
Period Served:   WW II
Rank/Grade:   Master Chief Petty Officer
MOS:   45411-42 (Carpenter Finish); 45211-42 (Carpenter Ship Maintenance); 43500-65 (Diver); 74450-65 (Diving School Instructor); Recruiter
Unit:   27 December 1938; at N.R.S., St. Louis, Missouri, USA, enlisted.
Unit:   1939; at USS Medusa, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Commendation:   Honor Man of Platoon #58.
Unit:   12 November 1942; at USS Pathfinder, Pearl Harbor.
Unit:   09 June 1945; Participated in the occupation of Okinawa.
Commendation:   Commended by Commanding Officier J. L. Hill, Lt. USN, for outstanding performance of duty during salvage operations.
Unit:   17 January 1946; at Shoemaker, California, USA.
Unit:   06 January 1947; at U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor.
Unit:   1956; at USS Greenlet, Pearl Harbor, (ARS-10) COMSUBPAC.
Unit:   1959; at USS Prairie (AD-15).
Unit:   1960; at NAVCRUITSTA, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Unit:   1963; at USS Prairie.
Unit:   09 May 1964; at USS Dixie, (AD-14).
Unit:   01 July 1964; at US Navy Station, San Diego, California, USA, Released from active duty; 25 years: 6 months: 6 days
Awards:
Victory Metal WW II
American Theatre Campaign
Asiatic Pacific Area Metal w/ Three Stars
American Defense Service Metal w/ Fleet Clasp
Presidential Testimonial
Bronze Star (good conduct, 7th award)
National Defense Metal.
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Obituary:   "John Krohta, 84, Litchfield, Illinois, formerly of Benld, Illinois died at 6:23 p.m., Thursday, Feb 10, 2005.

Born July 21, 1920, in Staunton, he was a son of Prokop and Margaret (Drobney) Krohta. He first married Virginia. After her death, he married Pauline of Follansbee, West Virginia, and she died Feb 21, 1998. He later married Juanita, and she survives.

Mr. Krohta was retired from the United States Navy. He enlisted in the Navy in 1938 and was a Pearl Harbor survivor while stationed on the U.S.S. Medusa. He achieved the rank of Master Chief Hull Technician and Master Deep Sea Diver, having dove on the recovery of the U.S.S. Oklahoma and made dives on the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S. Utah. He also was a Master Mason of Theodore Roosevelt Lodge 44 of Washington, D,C., a lifetime member of the Potomac Lodge in Washington D.C., a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Arlington Heights and the American Legion Post 100 of Rogers, Arkansas. Upon retirement from the U.S. Navy, Mr. Krohta worked at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, as Supervisor of Hyperbaric Medicine, then St. Luke'Hospital in Milwaukee. Wisconsin, as Hyperbaric Medicine Supervisor. He retired in 1985 to Rogers, Arkansas.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Krohta is survived by a son, Daniel Krohta of Grayslake; a step-son, Larry Cranford and wife, Shiryl, of Hamel; two daughters, Barbara Krohta of Franktown, Colo. and Judi Cimuchowski and husband, John, of Germantown, Wisc; and two grandchildren, Michael Cimuchowski and Matthew Cimuchowski.

Preceding Mr. Krohta in death were his parents and two spouses.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 14, at Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield, with Rev. Johnson officiating. Organist was Linda Maulding, and music selection was 'How Great Thou Art'; and 'In The Garden.' Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Litchfield.

Memorials are suggested to Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield, or VFW Post 3912 in Litchfield."
(Keavanya Funeral Home, Bendl)

     Monument Inscription:   ROBERT J KROLL   USMC   KOREAN WAR
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 23
Branch:   United States Marine Corps
Period Served:   Korean War
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     Monument Inscription:   RICKEY K KRUEGER   ARMY   VIETNAM
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 6, Position 22
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   Vietnam War
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     Monument Inscription:   WILLIAM J. KRUEGER    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Wall Location:   East Marker EW, Row 2, Position 25
Branch:   United States Air Force
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     Monument Inscription:   MICHAEL KRUPO   ARMY   WW II
Wall Location:   West Marker EW, Row 3, Position 04
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   WW II
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     Life Span:   12 March 1926 - 30 September 2011
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Monument Inscription:   LeROY L. KUCZYNSKI    ARMY    WW II
Wall Location:   East Marker EW, Row 2, Position 23
Branch:   United States Army
Period Served:   WW II
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