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name
KOHEN, Louis - Date of
birth
8 February 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Panevėžys, Lithuania -
Hometown
Madera, Madera County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39708444 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
6 April 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Rita Press (Aunt and Guardian)
More information
Pvt Louis Kohen enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 September 1943.He attended high school for 1 year and was a plumber before he enlisted.
He immigrated to the United States as Leiba Kaganas-Kahanas in 1938. With his naturalization to a US Citizen, he changed his name.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten