Jerome Marvin Krumpos
1928–1950 confirmed
Relationships
Jerome Marvin Krumpos
Lifespan: February 4, 1928 – August 30, 1950
Summary
Son of Lawrence Antone Krumpos and Matilda Henrietta (Schneider) Krumpos. Corporal, U.S. Army. Killed August 30, 1950 at Seoul, Korea, age 22. Purple Heart recipient (verify via VA). Buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, De Pere (family monument).
Relationships
- Parents: Lawrence Antone Krumpos (1889–1986) & Matilda Henrietta Schneider (1897–1973)
- Full siblings: Dorothy L (1923), Donald H (1924), Lloyd August (1926), Lawrence F Jr (1930), Rosemary, Mae
- Half-siblings (father’s 1st marriage): Kenneth L (1912), Harold, Lester F (1919)
Sources
- FamilySearch: ancestors.familysearch.org (family timeline)
- Krumpos family monument, Mount Calvary Cemetery, De Pere (headstone photo)
Research Notes
- Birth: Feb 4, 1928 per Little Chute Genealogy
- Death: Aug 30, 1950 confirmed by Krumpos family gravestone at Mount Calvary, De Pere (“Killed Aug. 30, 1950 at Seoul, Korea”). Little Chute Genealogy lists Aug 31 — one-day discrepancy, but the gravestone is authoritative (typically inscribed from official military KIA notification). Reverting to Aug 30.
- Corp. Jerome M. — killed at Seoul, Korea (early months of Korean War)
- Just six years after brother Lester was killed in France
- Verify Purple Heart via VA records
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