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Personal info

Full name
KAUFFMAN, Michael Joseph "Mike"
Date of birth
14 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35828834
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
387th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Berger-Neukirchen-Burscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 7 16

Immediate family

Members
John Kauffman (father)
Mary Kauffman (mother)
Paul L. Kauffman (brother)
Earnest J. Kauffman (brother)
John E. Kauffman (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael J. Kauffman graduated from Lincoln High School in 1943 and was employed at the Davey Tree Surgery Company.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 31 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards, The Plain Dealer 16 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lincoln High School - 1943