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Personal info

Full name
KALIS, John
Date of birth
12 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36015718
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Stockem, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Michael Kalis (father)
Emma (Jurnick) Kalis (mother)
Emma Kalis (sister)
Michael Kalis (brother)

More information

Sgt John Kalis was employed at the Trumbull Asphalt Company before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 2 April 1941.

He was killed by enemy mortar fire while attempting to evacuate his vehicle to a safe position.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index / 1930 Census, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, 628 Tank Destroyer Battalion (5ad.org)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten