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Year of Birth
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Loomis, Kenneth (USAAF WWII), Sgt.
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Home Town
Tustin, Mich. |
Last Address
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Cadillac,
Wexford County, Michigan
Kenneth B. Loomis, 1916 - 2006,
Wife, Katherine Agnes Kailing, 1921 - 1999,
Son, Philip, 1944 - 1995, U.S. Navy Vietnam.
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Date of Passing
Sep 01, 2006 |
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Location of Interment
Mount Carmel Cemetery - Cadillac, Michigan |
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Last Known Activity:
KENNETH B. LOOMIS
1916-2006
U.S. Army 5th Air Corps
 
World War II Battle Streamers
American and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
1941-1945
Kenneth B. "Ken" Loomis of Cadillac Michigan entered eternal life on Friday, September 1, 2006 at Cadillac Mercy Hospital. He was 90 years old.
Ken was born on April 19, 1916 in Tustin to Harry and Emma Grayce (Burkett) Loomis. He married Katherin A. Kailing on January 18, 1941. She preceded him in death on September 13, 1999.
Ken graduated from Tustin High School in 1936. He worked at General Motors in Pontiac for five years. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps for three and a half years, mostly in the 5th Air Force in the Pacific Theater. He was also at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; Mitchell Field, Long Island, N.Y.; Westover Field, Mass.; Grenier Field, N.H.; and from there by troop train to California.
Engaged the Japanese in New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, and then as part of the liberating forces in the Philippines Campaign (1944–45).
Ken was employed at Chris Craft Co. in Cadillac as a pattern maker for 26 years. He then worked with his twin brother as a carpenter for 10 years until retiring.
Ken was a charter member and an organizer, with Reg Boulder, of the Cadillac AMVETS Post No. 110. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church where he was an usher and money counter. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
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Other Comments:
Fifth Air Force
It is one of very few numbered air forces of the United States Air Force never to have been based in the United States itself. It is also one of the oldest and continuously active US air forces.
Established on 16 August 1941 as the Philippine Department Air Force at Nichols Field, Luzon, Philippines. 5 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the Pacific Theater of World War II, engaging in combat operations primarily in the Southwest Pacific AOR. 5 AF units first engaged the Japanese during the Philippines Campaign (1941–1942), then afterward withdrawing to Australia after the Japanese conquest of the islands. Rearmed, it engaged the Japanese in New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies and then as part of the liberating forces in the Philippines Campaign (1944–45).
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Reflections on SGT Loomis's
US Army Service
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT INFLUENCED HIS/HER DECISION TO JOIN THE ARMY?
This is a Remembrance Profile of Kenneth B. Loomis, my father's brother.
Ken and Stan, the twins, were born in 1916. Ken served in the Army Air Corps while his twin worked at the Chris-Craft plant in Cadillac, Michigan. Although Stanley attempted to enlist the government denied his request, stating that his job with the war effort required his services.
Ken served for three and a half years, most of it in the Army's 5th Air Force in the Pacific.
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