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Personal info

Full name
KOHLER, Anton John
Date of birth
6 November 1910
Age
32
Place of birth
Sappington, St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37369679
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1943
Place of death
Quelkhorn, 9 miles east of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 38 50

Immediate family

Members
John Kohler (father)
Petronella (Jones) Kohler (mother)
Theresa E. Kohler (sister)
Alice K. Kohler (sister)
Josephine H. Kohler (sister)
Frances Kohler (sister)
Nellie M. Kohler (sister)
Robinson P. Kohler (brother)
William J. Kohler (brother)
Charles F. Kohler (brother)
Ethel L. Kohler (sister)
John C. Kohler (brother)
James F. Kohler (brother)
Verna Kohler (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30330
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Blood, Guts & Rust II
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the shipyard
MACR: 784

More information

S/Sgt Anton J. Kohler worked on a farm. He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 29 June 1942.

Aircraft 330, piloted by Capt Pederson left the formation right over the target, after flak knocked out 2 engines and was losing altitude rapidly. Six crew members successfully bailed out and survived and were taken prisoner. Four crew members were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - 390th.org website / patootie