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Personal info

Full name
KOHN, Jacob
Date of birth
21 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hudson, Columbia County, New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32225195
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 52

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Kohn (father)
Harriet A. (Pangburn) Kohn (mother)
Charles A. Kohn (brother)
Virginia C. Kohn (sister)
Hazel M. Kohn (sister)
Warren P. Kohn (brother)

More information

Pvt Jacob Kohn attended high school for one year and was a bartender before he enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 9 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jeffrey Johnsen Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery