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Personal info

Full name
KOEBKE, Werner Hans
Date of birth
25 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Lehe, Germany
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32728813
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 May 1945
Place of death
Czech Republic

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 53

Immediate family

Members
Otto Koebke (father)
Elsie Koebke (mother)
Howard Koebke (brother)

More information

Cpl Werner H. Koebke emigrated to the U.S. with his family on 17 December 1928.

He enlisted on 22 January 1943 before he became a U.S. citizen on 24 April 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Alabama, Naturalization Records 1888-1991

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson