Leonard Bertrandt Kerr was born on September 27, 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He served in the C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Private during World War II.
In the grounds of 228th Station Hospital, Haydon Park, Sherborne, England, recovering mines after mine-laying exercise on March 20, 1944, a truck rolled back over a live mine killing 29 members of C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion. Company "C" had just finished an exercise with mine laying and then picked up the anti-tank mines and placed them alongside a truck to be taken to a safe area until the next exercise. The truck accidentally backed up over some mines and about 90 mines exploded.
PVT Kerr was one of the soldiers killed in the accident. He is now buried in the Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey, USA, together in the same grave with PVT Deevy, PVT Henning, PFC Murphy, PVT Nicol, PVT Propp, and PVT Ready.
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Kerr Leonard Bertrandt
Name:
Leonard Bertrandt Kerr
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
32775781
Unit:
294th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-03-20
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey
Plot:
G
Row:
0
Grave:
7
Decoration:
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