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Personal info

Full name
KLINE, Joe Bob
Date of birth
12 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas
Hometown
Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38680760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
North of Kattenes, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 11 38

Immediate family

Members
John J. Kline (father)
Delilah M. (Burton) Kline (mother)
Anna M. Kline (sister)
Florance B. Kline (sister)
R. D. Kline (brother)
J. D. Kline (brother)
Willie M. Kline (sister)

More information

Pfc Joe B. Kline attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 17 August 1944.

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 / Baker Korntved Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Ralph Terry, www.newspapers.com – The Austin American Texas - 15 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – ckorn