Lemke, John Anton

Other Events:

• Military Service: WWII,
• 1930 Census: 1930, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Education - High School: 1931, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Education - College/University: 1936, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 20 Jun 1945; Kaukauna Times
• Obituary: 22 Jun 1945; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Military Service:
possible?;
NAME:John A Lemke
GENDER:Male
RACE:White
RELIGION:Protestant
DISPOSITION:Nonrecoverable
SERVICE BRANCH:Army
RANK:Private First Class
SERVICE NUMBER:36203211

NAME:John A Lemke
BRANCH OF SERVICE:Coast Artillery Corps
RANK:Private First Class
SERVICE NUMBER:36203211
SUB UNIT:H Battery
ASSIGNED UNIT:200th Coast Artillery Regiment (AntiAircraft)
SOURCE:Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico Inc. - web site
POW CAMP/NOTES:Died on Arisan Maru on 10/24/44

1930 Census:
Anton J Lemke47
Laura B Lemke45
John A Lemke15
Marion R Lemke14

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1931

Education - College/University:
Lawrence College Class of 1936

Obituary:
Word received here from the War Department by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lemke stated that their son, Pfc. John Lemke is presumed to have perished on October 24, 1944, when a Japanese prison ship on which he was a believed to have been confined, was sunk as a result of submarine action in the South China Sea. He will be listed as killed in action on that date. Pfc. Lemke enlisted on 9 March, 1941. He left for the Philippines on September 6, 1941 and was taken prisoner on Corregidor on May 6, 1942. He was a 1931 graduate of Kaukauna high school and in 1935 graduate of Lawrence College. Besides his parents his is survived by one sister, Marion, an instructor at Kaukauna high School

Obituary:
NAME:John A. Lemke
BIRTH DATE:24 Nov 1914
BIRTH PLACE:Kaukauna, WI
DEATH DATE:1944
PUBLICATION DATE:22 Jun 1945
PUBLICATION PLACE:Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
PUBLICATION TITLE:Post-Crescent