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KROSS, Marvin H - Date of
birth
25 May 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36722613 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Henry E. Kross (father)
Georgia A. (Shipley) Kross (mother)
Ethel R. Kross (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Marvin H. Kross graduated from Brown High School and was employed by the Republic Steel Corp. as a machine operator.He enlisted on 9 January 1943.
The Chaplain of his regiment, Capt Jasper C. Massage wrote in a letter to his parents about the circumstances of their son's death. His unit was ordered to cross the Sauer river under intense artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. The boat to which S/Sgt Kross was assignes capsized midstream after being hit by mortar fire. As soon as the turmoil of battle ceased at the river, a thorough search was made. The bodies of the other men in the boat who were killed were found, but S/Sgt Marvin's was not. Also an searche of the surrounding countryside was without result.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Cook County, Illinois Birth Certificates Index 1871-1922
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks 1900-1990 Illinois, Chicago, Bowen High School 1936, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Calumet 11 July 1945