Another Hand county boy, Pfc. Gerald J. Kerber, has made the supreme sacrifice.  A message received Monday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kerber of Carlton township from the War Department informed them that their son was killed in action in Belgium on January 20.  The message stated further that a confirmating letter would follow.

    Pfc. Kerber entered the army in September 1943, and was assigned to the infantry, taking his training at Cann Blanding.  He had been overseas about two months before his death.

    Born in Missouri Valley, Ia., October 23, 1925, Pfc. Kerber had made his home in Carlton township since he was four years of age.  He attended school in that county and assisted on his father's farm until his enlistment.  He was 19 years old at the time of his death.

    Survivors are his parents, five sisters and three brothers.