John Herman (Herm) Kile (Keil)

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, District 21-33, page 534B, dated April 15, 1940 records John H. Kiel (27 - PA) with his wife Marian L. (27 - PA) and daughter Joyce H. (3) living at 225 West Simpson Street. John is a Truck Driver for a Parcel Delivery Service earning $1,144 during the last 52 weeks. John has completed 2 years of high school while Marian has completed 4 years of High School.


A John H. Keil that had SSN: 167-26-6857 and died in California in 1997 is not the correct John Keil. The correct John H. Kile had SSN: 172-01-5761 and died in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Actually, all children of this family went by Kile according to Herman's brother, Fred Kile (Nov. 2003 email).
The SSDI records:
John H. Kile
SSN: 172-01-5761
Last Residence: 17055 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Born: 24 Aug 1912
Died: 4 Oct 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)


U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: John H Kile
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State: Pennsylvania
County or City: Cumberland
Enlistment Date: 11 Apr 1945
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Harrisburg
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Tracktor Driver* or Truck Driver, Heavy or Chauffeur or Truck Driver, Light An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test
Marital Status: Married

John married Marian Mae Loudon, daughter of Simon Seiler Loudon and Bessie Mae Lower, on 24 Dec 1932 in Cumberland Co., PA. (Marian Mae Loudon was born on 9 Aug 1912 in Silver Spring, Cumberland Co., PA and died on 22 Aug 1990.)

John next married Blanche C. Vigures about 1980. (Blanche C. Vigures was born on 25 Oct 1919 and died on 8 Jul 1996 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., PA..)