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Personal info

Full name
NOETH, Karl M
Date of birth
28 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hemmelburgbaden, Germany
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35883298
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Monastery
Himmerod, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 60

Immediate family

Members
George Noeth (father)
Frida Noeth (mother)
Teresa Noeth (sister)
George A. Noeth (brother)

More information

Pvt Karl M. Noeth was a Roosevelt High School senior when he enlisted in November 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of wounds, caused by shell splinters in both thighs, resulting in extensive gangrene.

He died in the monastery of Himmerod, Germany and was initially buried at the army cemetery of the monastery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Florida Naturalization Records, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Dayton Herald - 13 July 1945, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601