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Personal info

Full name
KOHN, Henry R Jr
Date of birth
3 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36594355
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Karl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 28

Immediate family

Members
Henry R. Kohn Sr. (father)
Edith J. (Becking) Kohn (mother)
Anna (Rhode) Kohn (stepmother)
Dolores E. Kohn (sister)

More information

Pvt Henry R. Kohn Jr. attended Southeastern High School and was employed at Motor Products.

He enlisted in April 1943 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten