Robert L. Koehl

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Robert L. Koehl
Personal details
Born	6 March 1922 Chicago
Died	6 July 2015
Nativity	United States
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32233497
Rank	Major
Rank at Ritchie	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section	5B
Enlisted	Ft Niagara Youngstown, New York
Teams	IPW 108, IPW 175

Teammates

Team — IPW 108

Team — IPW 175

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Robert Lewis Koehl (6 March 1922 – 6 July 2015) was an American US Army Intelligence surveyor in Nazi German-occupied Europe during World War II, author, and a Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Biography

Robert Lewis Koehl was born on 6 March 1922 in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Lewis Koehl (6 March 1922 – 6 July 2015) was an American US Army Intelligence surveyor in Nazi German-occupied Europe during World War II, author, and a Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He subsequently taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and from 1964 until his retirement 1997 in the Department of Educational Policy Studies of University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, a department of which he was an early founder. Robert attended college at Harvard (History major).

He studied in at Harvard University, where he was admitted as member of Phi Beta Kappa society.

On 16 November 1942, Drafted into Army in Boston, MA as Pvt (ASN: 31233497).

He was trained at Camp Ritchie and was one of the Ritchie Boys.

On 8 September 1944, Became a member of IPW Team 108 assigned to Headquarters of the. Back in Harvard he acquired his Master of Arts in 1947 with the work A Prelude to the Third Reich. Koehl coined the term "neofeudalism" for the characterization of the national socialist rule, and completed an account of the history of the SS in 1983.

During World War II he interrupted his studies for the war service, serving as surveyor and interpreter for the U.S.

Research notes

• 31233497 ASTP

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	93
Nara ASN	32233497
Nara Name	WYDER MATTHEW J
Nara State	23
Nara County	37
Nara POE	2329
Nara DOE	100242
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	23
Nativity.1	NEW YORK
Nara Year of Birth	18
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	480
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	66
Nara Weight (lbs)	141
Class_ASN	31233497
Class_Name	KOEHL, Robert L.
match_method	asn_near_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 4 March 1922 in Chicago.
• 16 November 1942 — Drafted into Army in Boston, MA as Pvt (ASN: 31233497).
• 10 June 1944 — Graduated with Class 18. Specialty: Linguist #2 IPW.
• 14 June 1944 — Promoted to T/5.
• 8 September 1944 — Became a member of IPW Team 108 assigned to Headquarters of the.
• Military Intelligence Service.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Robert Lewis Koehl
• 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 Robert L. Koehl for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Koehl, Robert L. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ROBERT L. KOEHL.doc)