Brown Co., Wisconsin OBIT: Ransom H. Kuchenbecker SUBJECT: obit for Pfc. Kuchenbecker SUBMITTER: Bev Nohr EMAIL: rjnohr@aol.com DATE: Apr 01, 1999 special to Press-Gazette LARK, Wis -- Nearly 1,000 persons attended the memorial service for Pfc. Ransom H. Kuchenbecker, 32, victim of the battle of Luzon, at Emmanuel Evangelical church here last Sunday. the Rev H.A. Bernhardt conducted the service, assisted by the Rev. T. Jordan, Ripon, and the Rev. H. E. Krug, Appleton. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuchenbecker, Ransom Kuchenbecker was born in the town of Morrison, Brown county, Oct 22, 1912. He was killed Feb 24, 1945, and his body buried at Manila, where rites were conducted by the regimental chaplain. Survivors are his parents and a brother, Ellsworth. A member of Emmanuel church, he had served as teacher in the Sunday school, Christian Endeavor president and treasurer of the missions and benevolent budget of the church. He also had held offices in the Brown County Christian Youth association and the Green Bay district of the Christian Endeavor society. Pfc. Kuchenbecker entered the Army Aug. 17, 1942 and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.,Yuma, Ariz., and Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., before leaving for overseas July 15, 1943. He saw service in the Hawaiian islands before being transferred to New Guinea in December 1943. He was in active combat since June 1944, and on Jan. 16, 1945 he went to the Philippines. His commanding officer testified: "He was a man of excellent character and good morals, recognized as a fine soldier, whose courage, faithfulness and sound judgment were a credit to his organization." ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.