John H. Horn

John H. Horn
Personal details
Birth name	Hans H. Ballhorn Ballhorn
Born	1915
Died	1953
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32707087
Rank	Technician Third Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943)
Teams	IPW 11, IPW 21

Teammates

Team — IPW 11

Team — IPW 21

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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John H. Horn (1915–1953), also known as Hans H. Ballhorn, was a German-born United States Army technician third grade who trained at Camp Ritchie in Class 7.

Biography

John H. Horn (also known as Hans H. Ballhorn) was born in 1915 in Germany. He trained at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 7 (ASN 32707087) and later held the rank of technician third grade (T/3).

Family-preserved letter excerpts place Horn in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, on 30 May 1945, describing combat conditions, and in June 1945 recount meeting liberated concentration-camp survivors and photographing at Buchenwald. He died in 1953.

Research notes

• Merged duplicate roster page Ballhorn, Hans H. (32707087) (same ASN). Pass OCR may misread ASN digits; canonical ASN is 32707087.

Gallery

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  Wartime portrait of John H. Horn (also Hans H. Ballhorn), ASN 32707087 (RB Archive).
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  Third Army / Intelligence Corps pass for John H. Horn (ASN 32707087; T/3) — RB Archive.
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  John H. Horn with a companion, circa 1941–1942 (RB Archive).

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	38
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• 1915 — Born in Germany.
• Camp Ritchie Class 7 (roster under Ballhorn / Horn ASN 32707087).
• 30 May 1945 — Letter from Pilsen, Czechoslovakia (family Facebook excerpts).
• June 1945 — Letter describing liberated camp survivors and a photograph taken at Buchenwald.
• 1953 — Died.

Sources

• Third Army Intelligence Corps pass (ASN 32707087, T/3)
• Family letter excerpts posted on Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook (Pilsen, 30 May 1945; June 1945 Buchenwald / liberated survivors) — RB Archive John Horn (Ballhorn) packet
• 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)