Vernon Eugene KILDE

1930 - 2010  (80 years)

• Name	Vernon Eugene KILDE
  Birth	26 Jun 1930	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	DC-50978
  Death	2 Nov 2010	San Diego County, California
  Notes	He is probably the Vernon Kilde, “a big Norwegian,” mentioned in Gunner's Glory: Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners By Johnnie M. Clark. Of California at the time of his brother Vincent’s death in 2009. Vernon E. Kilde died November 2, 2010, in San Diego California where he had lived from 2004. Vernon was born June 26, 1930 as the oldest of three children to Edna and Sam Kilde from Fergus Falls, Minnesota. In 1946 he entered the National Guard in Fergus Falls and after high school in 1948 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. Sergeant Vernon Kilde and his company were sent to South Korea to fight communism against China and North Korea. In one of the bloodiest battles in history at Choisen Reservoir Sergeant Kilde was badly wounded and received the Purple Heart. Vernon was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950. In 1951 Vernon married Florence Wiegand and later divorced in 1971. They had two children Calette (Al) Frisinger and Scott (Kelly) Kilde. He worked 20 years as a Code Enforcement Officer in Fargo North Dakota where he retired in 1998. In 1976 he married Else Berit Andresen from Norway, and then received three stepsons. Bjorn, Jim and Tom, whom he adopted. Vernon is predeceased in death by his mother Edna, father Sam, sister Vonnie, brother Vincent and his oldest stepson Bjorn.
  Person ID	I15445	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Samuel William KILDE,   b. 27 Oct 1907, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 13 Apr 1980, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Edna May ANDERSON,   b. 18 Jun 1912, Minnesota d. 26 Oct 2004, Mercer County, North Dakota (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1929
  Family ID	F7190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Dorathea WIEGAND
  Marriage	1951
  Divorce	1971
  Family ID	F11373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2010