Louisa County

 

Lt. Maurice Scott Kerr, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Maurice Scott Kerr, Jr. aka Maurice J. Kerr was born Aug. 6, 1921 to Maurice Scott (Sr.) and Gladys Nichols Kerr. He died Mar. 25, 1945 and is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands and has a cenotaph at Elmwood Gardens, Morning Sun, IA.

Lt. Kerr served in World War II with the U.S. Army 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion and was MIA/KIA in Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf cluster.

Source: ancestry.com