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Personal info

Full name
KOTAI, John Frank
Date of birth
20 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35067309
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Dogneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 48 17

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Kotai (father)
Theresa (Belenyi) Kotai (mother)
Alex Kotai (brother)
Steve Kotai (brother)
Elizabeth Kotai (sister)
Irene P. (Yuronich) Kotai (wife)

More information

Pvt John F. Kotai enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 23 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kotai Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Chronicle Telegram Ohio 11 November 1944

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