Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
KOT, Cossack - Date of
birth
1920 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Massachusetts -
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11018618 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near St. Vith, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 7 | 31 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Wladyslaw Kot (father)
Bessie Kot (mother)
Thaddeus Kot (brother)
Joseph Kot (brother)
Genoveva Kot (sister)
Frances M. (Zabawa) Kot (wife)
Carol Kot (daughter)
More information
Pfc Cossak Kot joined the Regular Army in Fall River, Massachusetts on 12 September 1940 and was sent overseas in October 1944.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Dan Sheahan, Reference Staff Fall River Main Library - Herald News 9 March 1945