Jerome Marvin Krumpos

Lifespan: February 4, 1928 – August 31, 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: Little Chute says Aug 31, 1950; existing file had Aug 30 — one-day discrepancy, using Little Chute date
• 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