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Personal info

Full name
KAHRS, Walter Julius
Date of birth
8 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32080347
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
Stalag 12A to 9b Limburg An Der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 28 10

Immediate family

Members
Walter Kahrs (father)
Daisy Kahrs (mother)
Doris Kahrs (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter J. Kahrs enlisted in New York City, New York on 14 March 1941.
Pfc. Walter J. Kahrs died as a Prisoner of War in Germany.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Klassikat, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels