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Personal info

Full name
JEHLEN, John Alfred
Date of birth
19 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42136495
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 15 5

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Jehlen (father)
Anne (Odonovan) (mother)
Barbara A. Jehlen (sister)
Paul J. Jehlen (brother)
Richard A. Jehlen (brother)
Patricia Jehlen (sister)

More information

Pfc John A. Jehlen enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 31 May 1944.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / New York, New York, Birth Index, 1910-1965

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Phillipet