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Personal info

Full name
KOSBAU, Donald Otto
Date of birth
5 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Makee Township, Allamakee County, Iowa
Hometown
Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37112014
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Bearer
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 41

Immediate family

Members
Otto A. Kosbau (father)
Esther L. (Hansmeier) Kosbau (mother)
Dolores Kosbau (sister)
Kleo G. Kosbau (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald O. Kosbau was lightly wounded in action and transferred to the 108nd Evacuation Hospital on 8 August 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

It is not known when Pvt Kosbau suffered the wounds of which he died and the exact location of his death is also uncertain. At the time he was wounded his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Birgel-Düren, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet