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Personal info

Full name
COHEN, Gerald
Date of birth
8 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17114821
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 12 21

Immediate family

Members
Louis I. Cohen (father)
Mary (Balman) Cohen (mother)
Helen Cohen (sister)
Gladys Cohen (sister)

More information

Pfc Gerald Cohen graduated from North High School and attended the University of Minnesota and the University of Maine. He joined the National Guard in April 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / Minnesota Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapoli Star 18 December 1944, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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