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Personal info

Full name
KOS, George Albert
Date of birth
8 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Gallitzin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Gallitzin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33764988
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
North of Veghel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 32

Immediate family

Members
Matthias Kos (father)
Aniela (Goceck) Kos (mother)
Andrew C. Kos (brother)
Anne H. Kos (sister)
John J. Kos (brother)
Frank Kos (brother)
Sophie Kos (sister)
Felix Kos (brother)

More information

Pvt George Kos enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 13 September 1943.

He was killed by a German artillery burst in the vicinity of Veghel on Hell's Highway.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, WWIIMemorial.com, Fold3.com, Marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Trees

Photo source: Marketgarden.com, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert