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|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK | |enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK | ||
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|birth_date=25 May 1923 | |||
|death_date=1 December 2008 | |||
|teams=MII 498-G | |||
|rank_final=Technical Sergeant | |||
|death_place=Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | |||
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'''Walter Kann''' (1923–2008) was a United States Army | '''Walter Kann''' (25 May 1923 – 1 December 2008) was a German-born United States Army interrogator who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 22]]. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Walter Kann was born on 25 May 1923 and emigrated from Germany to the United States in June 1938. After Camp Ritchie (Class 22) he served as a military-intelligence interrogator in Germany with team MII 498-G and was honorably discharged as a technical sergeant in 1946 (316th Headquarters Intelligence Army Detachment). | |||
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City College of New York in 1948 and began a long commodities-trading career, including executive roles at Philipp Brothers and heading Phibro’s Tokyo operations (1953–1956). In 1985 he helped found Newco AG in Switzerland, serving as chairman through 1999. Kann died on 1 December 2008; he had homes in New Canaan, Connecticut, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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* 25 May 1923 — Born in Germany. | |||
* June 1938 — Emigrated to the United States. | |||
* Class 22 — Trained at Camp Ritchie; MII 498-G interrogator in Germany. | |||
* 1946 — Discharged as technical sergeant. | |||
* 1948 — Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, CCNY. | |||
* 1 December 2008 — Died. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Camp Ritchie | * “Walter Kann,” ''Palm Beach Daily News'', 5 December 2008 (RB Archive ProQuest) | ||
* Paid notice / obituary, Walter Kann, ''New York Times'', 4 December 2008 (RB Archive ProQuest) | |||
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | |||
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | |||
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-02-07 (1 post) | |||