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Personal info

Full name
KABER, Ben
Date of birth
12 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado
Hometown
San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37363500
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Lindenweg
Miescheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 54

Immediate family

Members
Charlie L. Kaber (father)
Romaldita Kaber (mother)
Charlie L. Kaber Jr. (brother)
Adelmo Kaber (brother)
Rudolph Kaber (brother)
Esther Kaber (sister)
Theresa Kaber (sister)
Rose Kaber (sister)
Irene Kaber (sister)
Josie Kaber (sister)
Eliza Kaber (sister)

More information

Pfc Ben Kaber worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Logan, Colorado on 24 April 1944.

On the evening of 22 February 1945 the farm where the 3rd Platoon of B Company had found shelter, blew up, due to the detonation of a shaped charge, called a "Beehive". At that moment, 58 people were in the building. 51 of them were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.adoptiegraven.nl/forum, Chris van Kerckhoven / Bloggen, Myheritage, Genia Musings, http://www.shoreweb.com/cindy/miescheid.htm

Photo source: Siem Voogt, They Speak-The Voices of Henri-Chapelle