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Personal info

Full name
COBB, Harold Kenneth
Date of birth
27 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20310831
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 17

Immediate family

Members
Seth L. Cobb (father)
Gladys M. (Fulton) Cobb (mother)
Evelyn I. Cobb (sister)
Vera M. Cobb (sister)
Helen L. Cobb (sister)
Wilma J. Cobb (sister)
Joanna Cobb (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold K. Cobb joined the National Guard in Ford City, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cobb Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – a2, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery