T/5 Warren R. Kappen, son of Robert E. and Mildred Patanude Kappen, who was 24 years of age at the time of his death, was born March 28, 1920, at Unionville. He completed his 8th-grade education and at the age of 14 went to Detroit to live. He was employed as a welder with Ceco Steel Co. when he entered the army on Nov. 26, 1941. He trained at battle Creek, at Fort Knox, Ky., and in Carolina before going to the African Theatre in 1942. In 1943 he went to England and as part of the 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division went on to the European mainland with the first invasion. He died on September 18, 1944, at the age of 24, and is now buried in the Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA. He was one of the 65 soldiers killed in battle during the liberation of the Limburg region of the Netherlands and Belgium.

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