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Personal info

Full name
COHN, Donald Marvin
Date of birth
5 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Pike County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O1062571
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 19

Immediate family

Members
Max S. Cohn (father)
Celia (Toub) Cohn (mother)
Radyne O. Cohn (sister)
Julia G. (Becker) Cohn (wife)

More information

1st Lt Donald M. Cohn had a post-graduate degree and joined the Regular Army on 17 October 1939.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cohn Family Tree / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Washington Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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