Name: Israel Cohen
First Name(s): Israel
Last Name: Cohen
Place of birth: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Cnty, Philadelphia
Rank: Pfc
ASN: 39578787
Company: B
Unit: 423rd IR 1stBn 106th ID
Reported as: POW ► DNB
Date of incident: 21-12-1944
Place of incident: Schönberg area
note: On December 21, 1944 Pfc Israel Cohen was taken POW and imprisoned in Stalag IX-B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. He was recaptured after trying to escape from Brega Concentration Camp. On April 8, 1945 he died in Dobareuth, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany.
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