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Personal info

Full name
KOH, Bruno Joachim
Date of birth
6 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Stettin, Germany
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32911392
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 May 1945
Place of death
Redefin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 12 1

Immediate family

Members
Semi Koh (father)
Margaret Koh (mother)
Gunter H.R. Koh (brother)
Ellen C.G. Koh (sister)
Lois R. (Drapkin) Koh (wife)

More information

T/5 Bruno J. Koh left Germany in the 1930s to live in the U.S. His parents stayed in Germany and had to live and hide under the Nazi Regime. Both parents survived the war and learned about their son's death later.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 5 April 1943.

He was killed in a jeep accident near Redefin, while he was on his way towards Ludwigslust.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.geni.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Michel Beckers, Simon Keller