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Personal info

Full name
KAHN, Manfred
Date of birth
1906
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Germany
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32724007
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 12

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Kahn (father)
Caroline (Shenley) Kahn (mother)

More information

Sgt Manfred Kahn was taken prisoner near Grammont, France and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy