Iske, James
L
Ensign Iske
of Indiana was killed in the line of duty March 8, 1944, while serving in the United States Navy Reserve in the Southwest
Pacific during World War II. He is buried at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Jemenko, Frank
T
Private Jemenko
of Lake County Indiana and the US Army, died as a prisoner of war, detained by the Japanese at Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippines
during World War II. Private Jemenko was with the 17th Ordnance Company and fought defending Ft. Stotsenburg and Clark Field
in the Philippines. He was submitted to the suffering of the Bataan Death March. He remains missing in action. His name is
honored on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Johnson, James
E
Radioman Second
Class Johnson of the United States Navy Reserve and Indianapolis, was presumed killed in action October 7, 1945, while serving
on the USS Seawolf (SS-197) in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. He is missing in action or buried at sea. His name
is honored on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Johnson, Robert
F
Staff Sergeant
Robert F. Johnson of Grant County Indiana was killed November 1, 1944 as his plane was bombing the Alicante (Escalente) Airstrip on
Negros Island in the Philippines. The plane was hit by a suicide Japanese Zero
in the Guimaras Strait and
two crew members escaped before the plane crashed. Robert enlisted in the United States Army Air Force and was a part
of the 23rd Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomb Group Heavy stationed in the Netherlands
in the East Indies. He was the navigator and when in battle he was also the top side gunner
on a B-24 Liberator a part of the 13th Air Force.
Kabisch, Donald
J.
TSGT Donald
J. Kabisch of Fort Wayne, Indiana
served in the United States Army Air Force as a top turret gunner and part of the crew on a B-24 Liberator bomber. Their plane
was shot down November 1, 1944, on the Alicante Airdrome Mission on Negros Island in the Philippines.
His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American
Cemetery in the Philippines.
Kaiser, Robert
O.
Electrician's
Mate Third Class of Madison County Indiana died February 19, 1946. He was lost at sea as the submarine he was serving on was
overdue and presumably lost. He had been in the Pacific for a year and a half. Robert graduated from Anderson High School. His name appears on the
Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American
Cemetery in the Philippines.
Kellum, Milton
T
First Lieutenant
Kellum, United States Army Air Corps, 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group Light, from Cadiz
and or Anderson, Indiana,
was killed June 17, 1944, in the South Pacific. He is officially listed as missing or buried at sea. He received the Silver
Star the Air Medal and his name is honored on the “Tablets of the Missing” at Manila
American Cemetery, Philippines.
Kenworthy,
Glen Willis
Corporal Kenworthy,
United States Marine Corps, of Kokomo, Indiana
was died July 30, 1945. It was only known that he had been with a unit assigned to attack Japanese Islands. He was one of the finest
firemen ever assigned to duty at the local fire department. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery
in the Philippines.
Kepler, Earl
Edward
Private First
Class Earl Edward Kepler, United States Army, was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942. After the fall of Corregidor he was one of the tortured
that was marched from Bataan to Cabanatuan in the famous Bataan
Death March. He was later transferred to the Osaka Main Camp Chikko where he died May 15, 1943. Earl was born in 1919 in Grant
County Indiana. He served with the 60th U.S. Coast Artillery Regiment. PFC Kepler is buried with honors in the beautiful Manila American Cemetery
in the Philippines.
Kepner, Wayne
A.
Captain Kepner,
United States Army, 6th Field Artillery Battalion, 37th Infantry Division, died April 9, 1945, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. According to his obituary he went overseas in July 1942. He is from
Tippecanoe County, Indiana and is buried in the Manila American Cemetery
in the Philippines.
Kinder, Wallace
O
Sergeant Wallace
O. Kinder was killed October 18, 1943, as he was bayoneted by Japanese guards holding him prisoner in a small barrio at Gapan,
Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
He was first reported as missing in action May 20, 1941. According to one of the MP's in an investigation following the war, Kinder
and his companions went into the mountains of Sierra Madre immediately after the surrender of Corregidor
and lived as guerrillas. One night the Japanese patrolled the nearby places and they caught two Americans and one was Kinder.
He was held prisoner in a small house guarded heavily by the Japanese until killed in the evening of October 18, 1943. Although
Wallace is listed as missing and his name appears on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the Manila American Cemetery,
it is believed that he is buried in the cemetery at one of the graves marked "Known But To God". According to a Filipino witness
his and other remains were collected after the war by American forces and taken for burial elsewhere.
Kirby, Howard
F
Machinist's
Mate Second Class Howard F. Kirby, United States Navy, of Orleans
in Orange County Indiana, died June 24, 1944 as a prisoner of war. He is listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the Manila American Cemetery
in the Philippines.
Kutch, Leo
D
First Lieutenant
Kutch, United States Army Air Corps, 531st bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, from Gary, Indiana was officially declared dead September 9,
1945, after being missing in the South Pacific. Kutch had been ferrying prisoners of war in Japan to the Philippines following
war's end. He received the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and his name is honored on the “Tablets of the Missing”
at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.
