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Personal info

Full name
KLOSS, Jacob Andrew Jr
Date of birth
17 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36220982
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 52

Immediate family

Members
Jacob A. Kloss Sr. (father)
Katherine Kloss (mother)
Rose Kloss (sister)
Julia Kloss (sister)
William Kloss (brother)
Bessie Kloss (sister)
Joseph Kloss (brother)
Louis Kloss (brother)
Lillian Kloss (sister)
Helen Kloss (sister)
Jeannette Kloss (sister)
Dorothy G. (Szumnarski) Kloss (wife)

More information

Pfc Jacob A. Kloss Jr. attended high school for three years and was a maintenance painter before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 1 April 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ms Marilyn Andritsch, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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