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Personal info

Full name
KROHN, Ervin L
Date of birth
10 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Washington
Hometown
Skye, Clark County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39346097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 3 1

Immediate family

Members
Paul J. Krohn (father)
Willa M. (Templer) Krohn (mother)
Louise Krohn (sister)
Clarence C. Krohn (brother)

More information

Pvt Ervin L. Krohn enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 18 August 1944.
He attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ms Rose M. Baldwin