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Personal info

Full name
KOLLER, Jack Howard
Date of birth
14 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Russell County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
O-416661
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 48 29

Immediate family

Members
Rudolf M. Koller (father)
Florence M. (Asselin) Koller (mother)
Marian F. Koller (sister)
James R. Koller (brother)
Jewel (Wood) Koller (wife)

More information

Capt Jack H. Koller graduated from Visalia Union High School and worked in his father’s shop before he entered the National Guard on 29 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Adamson Family Tree / Alabama County Marriage Records / U.S. Select Military Registers, www.newspapers.com - Visalia Times Delta 13 February 1945

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