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Personal info

Full name
KOTCH, Michael
Date of birth
19 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Blackwood, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32652845
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 26

Immediate family

Members
Peter Kotch (father)
Mary Kotch (mother)
Mary Kotch (sister)
Anna Kotch (sister)
Dora Kotch (sister)
Joseph Kotch (brother)
Elizabeth Kotch (sister)

More information

Pfc Michael Kotch was a cook before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 2 December 1942.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / JanFamily