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Personal info

Full name
KOCH, John George
Date of birth
2 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Spring Bay, Woodford County, Illinois
Hometown
Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36765977
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Manoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 78

Immediate family

Members
Gottlieb Koch (father)
Louise M. (Mundinger) Koch (mother)
Arthur P. Koch (brother)
Annie K. Koch (sister)
Edna M. Koch (sister)
Elizabeth Koch (sister)
Frieda Koch (sister)
Lucille D. Koch (wife)

More information

Pfc John G. Koch was employed as a truck driver with the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. before he was enlisted on 16 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Family trees, www.80thdivision.com
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