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Personal info

Full name
KINDT, Karl Martin
Date of birth
14 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Hometown
Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32843211
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bamberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 8 10

Immediate family

Members
Karl M. Kindt (father)
Nora M. (Houck) Kindt (mother)
Ruth M. Kindt (sister)
Dorria M. Kindt (sister)
Joyce E. Kindt (sister)

More information

T/4 Karl M. Kindt attended high school for four years and was employed by the Remington Rand Co. before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 March 1943.

He was killed in action, caused by a skull fracture.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Macomber