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Personal info

Full name
KOUKALIK, Alan D
Date of birth
7 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36728082
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 13 20

Immediate family

Members
Albert Koukalik (father)
Katherine Koukalik (mother)
Ruth Koukalik (sister)

More information

Alan Koukalik graduated from Morgan Park High School and attended junior college.

He was selected for the engineering course in the A.S.T.P. program for which he was sent to Lehigh University. When the program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Southtown Economist paper Chicago, Illinois / Illinois Birth Index / 1940 Census, www.myheritage.nl - Southtown Economist

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet,www.myheritage.nl - Southtown Economist, www.ancestry.com - Morgan Park High School Chicago Yearbook 1940