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Personal info

Full name
KIEHNE, Herman Howard
Date of birth
11 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa
Hometown
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-1012614
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
D Troop
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Pronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 44

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Kiehne (father)
Frieda B. (Siemers) Kiehne (mother)
Paul R. Kiehne (brother)
Robert C. Kiehne Jr. (brother)
Ruby M. Kiehne (sister)
Esther D. (Gochring) Kiehne (wife)
Thomas H. Kiehne (son)

More information

1st Lt Herman H. Kiehne attended college for two years and was a policeman and detective when he joined the National Guard in Springfield, Illinois on 25 November 1940. He was sent overseas late in January 1944.

1st Lt. Herman H. Kiehne was killed by shrapnel while making sure his platoon was properly secured.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jonathan Perry Johnson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Jim Childers, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Andy