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COHEN, Irving - Date of
birth
12 july 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Council Bluffs, Iowa -
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-771221 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
728th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 November 1944 - Place of
death
Haaren, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 19 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Harry Cohen (father)
Anna (Siegel) Cohen (mother)
Betty Cohen (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97534 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Patches
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
MACR: 11049
More information
Lt Irving Cohen was a graduate of Lincoln High School and the University of Nebraska.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Iowa GenWeb / U.S.,
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender / Omaha World Herald Dec. 19, 1944, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, www.ancestry.com - WWII Bonus Case File
Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, Tom Verheijden, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 44-C, Marfa AAF, Texas, www.ancestry.com - Abraham Lincoln High School yearbook 1939 / University of Nebraska yearbook 1943