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Personal info

Full name
KUECH, William
Date of birth
28 May 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
42129396
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Enkirch or Breidel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 88

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Kuech (father)
Rosina (Schaming) Kuech (mother)
Madeline Kuech (sister)
Rose A. Kuech (sister)
Charles G. Kuech (brother)
Bernice L. (Brown) Kuech (wife)
Jane B. Kuech (daughter)
William H. Kuech (son)
Barbara A. Kuech (daughter)
Rose Kuech (daughter)
Philip Kuech (son)

More information

Pfc William Kuech was married to Bernice Brown on 29 November 1935.

He enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 27 March 1944 and was overeas for only two months when he was killed.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, http://www.89infdivww2.org/
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Pathogue Aduanre 12 April 1945