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Personal info

Full name
KAUFMAN, Philip G
Date of birth
29 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Gore Township, Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Port Hope, Huron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36174758
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 15

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Kaufman (father)
Mabel (Philipp) Kaufman (mother)
Eugene C. Kaufman (brother)
Mabel F. Kaufman (sister)
Nathan A. Kaufman (brother)
Norma L. Kaufman (sister)
Glenn L. Kaufman (brother)
Geneva Kaufman (sister)

More information

Pfc Philip G. Kaufman graduated from Port Hope High School in 1937.
Philip had a great love of music, and learned to play the guitar by listening to the radio. He worked on the family farm until he was drafted into the US Army. His older brother Eugene, had already joined the US Navy.
He enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 4 March 1942 and trained at Camp Cook, California, Camp Hood, Texas, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Camp Pickett, Maryland. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Times Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Norma Kaufman Johnson (sister)