Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
KATERN, Louis J
Date of birth
3 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35287433
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ingeldorf-Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 23

Immediate family

Members
Louis Katern (father)
Anna (Znidarsic) Katern (mother)
Anna L. Katern (sister)
Louise Katern (sister)

More information

Sgt Louis J. Katern graduated from Eastern Technical High School and was employed as a shipping for Western Auto Supply Company.

He enlisted at Camp Perry in Lacarne, Ohio on 6 March 1942. He was sent overseas in November 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov,  www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. School Yearbooks, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks