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Personal info

Full name
WOLFF, Agathon Ethet
Date of birth
8 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Dayton, Campbell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Campbell County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35883908
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 28

Immediate family

Members
John O. Wolff (father)
Mathilda M. (Carmichael) Wolff (mother)
Emma J. Wolff (sister)
John E. Wolff (brother)
Louis W. Wolff (brother)
Charles E. Wolff (brother)
Doris E. Wolff (sister)
Augusta M. Wolff (sister)
Dolly B. Wolff (sister)
Fred S. Wolff (brother)
Adeline Wolff (sister)

More information

Pvt Agathon E. Wolff attended one year of high school and worked as a cab driver.
He served in the Merchant Marines before he joined the Army.
The remains of Pvt Agathon Wolff were found in Germeter and initially registered as Unknown X-5394. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and could be identified at the identification center.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.fold3.com, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper