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Personal info

Full name
COHEN, Leonard
Date of birth
11 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32940982
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 17 56

Immediate family

Members
Abraham Cohen (father)
Ethel Cohen (mother)
Saul Cohen (brother)

More information

Pvt Leonard Cohen enlisted in Utica, New York on 28 June 1943.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of injuries in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - M Blight Kumar