US PARAS Koehler, Elmo Francis

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Koehler ​

• FORENAME

Elmo Francis​

• UNIT

507 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-1294322 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th June 1944 ​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas, USA. Plot 6-1-W​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Atchison County, Kansas​

born 26.01.1918 Doniphan, Kansas, USA​

father Anton Raymond Koehler (1881-1963)​

mother Grace Velma (nee Jack) Koehler (1897-1968)​

4 years high school​

graduated Atchison High School​

attended Wesleyan University, Salina, Kansas​

civil occupation Salesperson​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

National Guard​

08.1940 married Ruby H. (nee Hood) (1920-2012)​

son Ron Anton (1943-1999)​

23.12.1940 entered service Atchison, Kansas (Service Number 20724288 CPL)​

24.10.1942 graduated Paratrooper School, Fort Benning, Georgia​

01.12.1942 promoted to Lieutenant​

09.06.1944 WIA​

DOW Normandy (Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie)​

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