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Personal info

Full name
KOT, Joseph Stanley
Date of birth
16 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Hometown
Waterbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O1185370
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
903rd Field Artillery Battalion,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 6 1

Immediate family

Members
Walter Kot (father)
Catherine Kot (mother)
Stella Kot (sister)
Lottie Kot (sister)
Jennie Kot (sister)
Edward Kot (brother)

More information

1st Lt Joseph S. Kot graduated from Middletown High School in 1938.

He enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York On 21 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, 1940 United States Federal Census, Hartford Courant of 8 May 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hartford Courant of 8 May 1945