George Jacob Kahn

George Jacob Kahn
Personal details
Born	1922 Baden Baden, Germany
Died	2018
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Awards	Bronze Star Medal
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32699127
Rank	Captain
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 6 (13 March – 11 May 1943)
Section	2
Team	IPW 27

Awards and honors

Bronze Star Medal

Teammates

Team — IPW 27

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George Jacob Kahn (1922–2018) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 6.

Biography

In 1940, George served as cook in French Foreign Legion (Algeria).

In 1942, he attended 3 Queens College. On 11 May 1943 he graduated as S/Sgt with 6th Class (IPW-Ge).

He member of IPW Team 27 attached to 2nd Infantry Division (1st Army).

Research notes

• II-385

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	96
Class_ASN	32699127
Class_Name	KAHN, George
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 21 April 1922 in Baden Baden, Germany.
• 1940 — Served as cook in French Foreign Legion (Algeria).
• 11 May 1943 — Graduated as S/Sgt with 6th Class (IPW-Ge). Friend of Bill Hess.
• 2/43 Assigned to Camp Ritchie.
• Awarded Bronze Star Medal.
• Member of IPW Team 27 attached to 2nd Infantry Division (1st Army).
• Performed interrogations at Division HQ (Freising).

Sources

• 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)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of George Jacob Kahn for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Kahn, George Jacob for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: GEORGE J. KAHN.doc)