KROHNKE, Jurgen G     (Jerry)

Servicenumber:

37041426

Age:

25

Born:

8 November 1918, Schleswig, Iowa

Hometown:

Crawford County, Iowa

Family:

George Krohnke (Father)
Augusta A. (Tech) Krohnke (Mother)

Rank:

Technician Fifth Class

Function:

Armored Car Driver

Regiment:

Not available

Battalion:

Not available

Division – Transport:

Not available

Company – Squadron:

125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit – Group:

C Troop

Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)

-

Date of death:

20 September 1944

Status:

KIA

Place of death:

Bocholtz, Netherlands

Spot:

In front of the farmhouse on the Overhuizenstraat 2, Bocholtz, Netherlands

Awards:

Purple Heart

Gravenumber:

Plot H, Row 10, Grave 26

Cemetery:

American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle

Biography:

-

Other information:

An artillery shell exploded in front of his verhicle while he was mounting-up and he was killed instantly. The citizens of Bocholz erected a monument is his honor because he was the first allied soldier to die in the liberation of their area.