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Personal info

Full name
KATIN, Cornelius B
Date of birth
23 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Hometown
Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35245968
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Saar River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 18 19

Immediate family

Members
John Katin (father)
Margaret Katin (mother)
Harriet Katin (sister)
John Katin (brother)
Gertrude Katin (sister)
Emmett Katin (brother)
Thomas Katin (brother)
Elizabeth J. (Exton) Katin (wife)
Charlene S. Katin (daughter)
Patricia M. Katin (daughter)

More information

Pfc Cornelius B. Katin graduated from McKinley High School in 1934.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.65thdiv.com/lev1/kia.html, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - McKinley High School Yearbook 1934