George Horn

George Horn
Personal details
Born	1922
Died	2011
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	0515601
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 10 (23 July – 20 September 1943)
Section	5D
Teams	IPW 35, IPW 21, MII 417-G

Teammates

Team — IPW 35

Team — IPW 21

Team — MII 417-G

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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George Horn (1922–2011) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 10 and served with IPW Team 35; 21.

Biography

Dan Gross has put together a list of other Ritchie Boys who served in the 4th Infantry Division, which landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, and was involved in many Bloody battles, including Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. Other Ritchie Boys assigned to the 4th Infantry Division included S/Sgt J.D. Salinger (Class SC B6) and the following: Lt. Julius Braunstein (1915-1992) Class 8 Lt. Devries (1908-1991?)Class 11 Pvt Frank Divilio (1910-1983) Class 10 T/3 Frank Gallardo (1920-2009)Class 12 Lt. Oscar Haac (1918-2000)Class 5 Capt. George Horn (1922-2011) Class 10 Pvt Bernhard Illfelder (1915-2003)Class 12 M/Sgt George Y. Kay (1922-1989)Class 6

Research notes

• MII 417-G

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	89
Class_ASN	515601
Class_Name	HORN, George
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-05-31 (1 post)