Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 14 July 1914, Wisconsin. Died: 20 January 1987, Wisconsin. Enlisted: 9 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Released: 6 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Occupation: craneman/derrickman. In 1940 census he was an auto mechanic. Father: Peter Kloss, farmer, 1880-1958. Mother: Tekla (Thekla) E. Wiersgalla, 1891-1990.