Post by connie on Dec 22, 2015 18:07:25 GMT -5
Kurcz, Jacob, T/4-Sgt 423A KIA
MENTIONED IN POSTD by "Blauchie" on James Blauch 423 A:
106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4269/thread This post tells of Sgt. Jacob's words to James Blauch after James was wounded.
106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4271/thread This post tells of Kurcz being fatally wounded and Blauch witnessing his passing; Blauchie speaks of a disparity in the KIA date listed in the military record (12-21-44) and the date James Blauch witnessed his passing (December 19, 1944)
COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; Posthumous award: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/1945-051-CBI/251.htm
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS LISTING: www.abmc.gov/database-search-results?field_first_name=Jacob&field_last_name=kurcz&service_number=&field_abmc_burial_unit=All&field_place_of_entry=All&field_cemetery=All&field_cemetery2=All&field_branch_of_service=All&search_api_fulltext=&field_war%5B64549%5D=64549&field_dod_day=All&field_dod_month=All&field_dod_year=&field_missing_status=All&items_per_page=10&sort_bef_combine=field_last_name_ASC
Notes enlistment from New York; burial at Henri Chapelle American Cemetery (Belgium)
Click on ATTACHMENT to enlarge:
106th INFANTRY DIVISION HONOR ROLL- on Carl's site: 106thinfantry.webs.com/honorrollwwii.htm
MENTIONED IN POSTD by "Blauchie" on James Blauch 423 A:
106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4269/thread This post tells of Sgt. Jacob's words to James Blauch after James was wounded.
106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4271/thread This post tells of Kurcz being fatally wounded and Blauch witnessing his passing; Blauchie speaks of a disparity in the KIA date listed in the military record (12-21-44) and the date James Blauch witnessed his passing (December 19, 1944)
COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE; Posthumous award: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/1945-051-CBI/251.htm
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS LISTING: www.abmc.gov/database-search-results?field_first_name=Jacob&field_last_name=kurcz&service_number=&field_abmc_burial_unit=All&field_place_of_entry=All&field_cemetery=All&field_cemetery2=All&field_branch_of_service=All&search_api_fulltext=&field_war%5B64549%5D=64549&field_dod_day=All&field_dod_month=All&field_dod_year=&field_missing_status=All&items_per_page=10&sort_bef_combine=field_last_name_ASC
Notes enlistment from New York; burial at Henri Chapelle American Cemetery (Belgium)
Click on ATTACHMENT to enlarge:
106th INFANTRY DIVISION HONOR ROLL- on Carl's site: 106thinfantry.webs.com/honorrollwwii.htm