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KOSSOW, Arthur Bernard - Date of
birth
5 January 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Fort Morgan, Baldwin County, Alabama -
Hometown
Crichton, Mobile County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
20414552 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Fosse - Trois-Ponts, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 37 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lilian K. Kossow (mother)
More information
Pfc Arthur B. Kossow worked at the Van Antwerp dairy farm.He joined the National Guard in Pritchard, Alabama on 25 November 1940.
The plan on 3 January for taking Fosse was for G and H Companies to bypass the town and take up positions on high ground to the southwest from which they could provide supporting fire while I Company attacked into the town from the north. All was going well until I Company emerged from a wood two hundred yards from Fosse's outskirts and got pinned down by small arms, machinegun and artillery fire. The commanding officer, Capt McPheeters was killed instantly as well as the only other officer Lt Degenhardt. In total the company suffered 13 casualties. They are remembered on a monument, situated on the north side of the town in a street called Sur le Meez.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com, WW2 Airborne, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Registration Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, AOMDA