My name is Dennis Kromanaker, and I am a combat veteran who served two years in Vietnam. I was trained as a combat engineer specializing in explosives and roadside land mines; I was also a tunnel rat. With time left on my enlistment, I extended for a second tour, became a door gunner, and eventually made crew chief on a helicopter gunship. I enjoyed flying, but it was dangerous. At discharge, my rank was Specialist 5-E-5.
After the military, I completed a four-year sheet metal apprenticeship and worked in welding and fabrication on conveyors, dust collectors, and stainless food processing equipment. I worked in ten different states, plus Mexico, doing sheet metal work. Before I started traveling, I worked as a foreman in various paper mills in Wisconsin and was a shop foreman for three years before retiring.
I have one son and four grandchildren from my present marriage, and one son from my first marriage. I have been battling kidney issues since 2021, which continued to worsen forcing me to start dialysis in August of 2024. I enjoy working on building projects in my shop and traveling across the country; we have been to all 50 states, plus the Caribbean.
For medically cleared donors, giving the gift of life through living kidney donation has been proven to be very safe. DOVE will assist all prospective donors throughout the process and make sure they do not incur any out-of-pocket expenses related to the evaluation or surgery. A healthy person can live a normal life with one kidney and save Dennis’s life with the other!
Your support, whether through spreading the word on social media or considering becoming a donor, can make a profound impact on his life and the life of his family!
Please click on the link below if you would like to learn more OR call (551) 233-1611.