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Personal info

Full name
KOREN, Rudolph Anthony
Date of birth
18 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35924667
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Koren (father)
Rose (Kastelic) Koren (mother)
Rose A. Koren (sister)
Veronica Koren (sister)
Mary (Latkovich) Koren (wife)

More information

Pvt Rudolph A. Koren graduated from Collinwood High school in Cleveland, Ohio and was employed by the Apex Electric Manufacturing Co.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 December 1943. He had been overseas two months before his death.
He was wounded in action when taken prisoner. He died short after in a dressing station somewhere in Germany.

Both his parents were born in Yugoslavia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, Collinwood High School newsletter December 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Koren Family