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Personal info

Full name
KOBER, John
Date of birth
25 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sagamore, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35534668
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 10

Immediate family

Members
Michael Kober (father)
Anna (Sholtis) Kober (mother)
Annie Kober (sister)
Margaret Kober (sister)
Peter Kober (brother)
Michael Kober (brother)
Pauline Kober (sister)
Julia Kober (sister)
Susie Kober (sister)
Joseph Kober (brother)
Helen Kober (sister)

More information

Pvt John Kober was employed at the was employed by the Park Drop Forge Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the leg.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, The Plain Dealer - 3 January 1945