The body of Lt. Kenneth B. Skuldt, Mt. Horeb, who was killed Feb. 25, 1944, on a bombing mission over Graz, Austria, will be interred in Grafton National cemetery near Grafton, W. Va., according to word received Thursday by his aunt, Mrs. Gyda Witte, Milwaukee.
Lt. Skuldt was the son of the late Gaylord and Hattie Skuldt and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. K. B, Skuldt, Mt. Horeb. He is survivd by his grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda Ottem, two aunts and two uncles.
The war department informed Mrs. Witte that joint military and religious services will be hdl Friday, Apr. 14, at the chapel and graveside at Grafton. the bodies of the nine others of the bomber crew killed with Lt. Skuldt also will be interred at Grafton national cemetery.
Lt. Skuldt was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. He received his wings in the air force in September, 1943, and went overseas Dec. 7, 1943. He was a navigator aboard the Liberator bomber when it crashed and burned near Terruhutten Dutschlandsberg, Austria. the bodies of the 10 crewmen were buried by the village priest in a churchyard. they remained there for 27 months and then were transferred to the U.S. military cemetery at St. Avold, France.
[published in The Capital Times; Friday, April 7, 1950; Madison, Wisconsin]
Lt. Skuldt was the son of the late Gaylord and Hattie Skuldt and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. K. B, Skuldt, Mt. Horeb. He is survivd by his grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda Ottem, two aunts and two uncles.
The war department informed Mrs. Witte that joint military and religious services will be hdl Friday, Apr. 14, at the chapel and graveside at Grafton. the bodies of the nine others of the bomber crew killed with Lt. Skuldt also will be interred at Grafton national cemetery.
Lt. Skuldt was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. He received his wings in the air force in September, 1943, and went overseas Dec. 7, 1943. He was a navigator aboard the Liberator bomber when it crashed and burned near Terruhutten Dutschlandsberg, Austria. the bodies of the 10 crewmen were buried by the village priest in a churchyard. they remained there for 27 months and then were transferred to the U.S. military cemetery at St. Avold, France.
[published in The Capital Times; Friday, April 7, 1950; Madison, Wisconsin]
The body of Lt. Kenneth B. Skuldt, Mt. Horeb, who was killed Feb. 25, 1944, on a bombing mission over Graz, Austria, will be interred in Grafton National cemetery near Grafton, W. Va., according to word received Thursday by his aunt, Mrs. Gyda Witte, Milwaukee.
Lt. Skuldt was the son of the late Gaylord and Hattie Skuldt and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. K. B, Skuldt, Mt. Horeb. He is survivd by his grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda Ottem, two aunts and two uncles.
The war department informed Mrs. Witte that joint military and religious services will be hdl Friday, Apr. 14, at the chapel and graveside at Grafton. the bodies of the nine others of the bomber crew killed with Lt. Skuldt also will be interred at Grafton national cemetery.
Lt. Skuldt was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. He received his wings in the air force in September, 1943, and went overseas Dec. 7, 1943. He was a navigator aboard the Liberator bomber when it crashed and burned near Terruhutten Dutschlandsberg, Austria. the bodies of the 10 crewmen were buried by the village priest in a churchyard. they remained there for 27 months and then were transferred to the U.S. military cemetery at St. Avold, France.
[published in The Capital Times; Friday, April 7, 1950; Madison, Wisconsin]
Lt. Skuldt was the son of the late Gaylord and Hattie Skuldt and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. K. B, Skuldt, Mt. Horeb. He is survivd by his grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda Ottem, two aunts and two uncles.
The war department informed Mrs. Witte that joint military and religious services will be hdl Friday, Apr. 14, at the chapel and graveside at Grafton. the bodies of the nine others of the bomber crew killed with Lt. Skuldt also will be interred at Grafton national cemetery.
Lt. Skuldt was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. He received his wings in the air force in September, 1943, and went overseas Dec. 7, 1943. He was a navigator aboard the Liberator bomber when it crashed and burned near Terruhutten Dutschlandsberg, Austria. the bodies of the 10 crewmen were buried by the village priest in a churchyard. they remained there for 27 months and then were transferred to the U.S. military cemetery at St. Avold, France.
[published in The Capital Times; Friday, April 7, 1950; Madison, Wisconsin]
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