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KAUFMAN, Theodore - Date of
birth
14 April 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York -
Hometown
Mineola, Nassau County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32192111 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 September 1944 - Place of
death
Juvelize, Château-Salins, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 18 | 21 |
Immediate family
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Members
Theodore B. Kaufman (father)
Irene V. (Coyle-McLaren) Kaufman (mother)
Franz T. Kaufman (brother)
Leonard W. Kaufman (brother)
Edward N. Kaufman (brother)
Edith G. Kaufman (sister)
Irene J. (Kaufman) Nietupski (sister)
Vivia V. (Underwood) Kaufman (wife)
More information
Sgt Theodore Kaufman enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 7 January 1942.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.
He is remembered at Memory Gardens of Fairhope in Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Mize-Underwood Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Carol Cichocki / Dale & Patricia Dunbar, www.ancestry.com - Carol Cichocki