KROEGER AUGUST HENRY (LEFTY)

1916 - 1945  (28 years)

• Name	KROEGER AUGUST HENRY (LEFTY)
  Born	7 Dec 1916
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Sep 1945	Okinawa
  Person ID	I03605	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	KROEGER CHARLES AUGUST,   b. 21 Oct 1890, Kroeger Farm in Ellis, KS. ,   d. 3 Oct 1980, Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	GASCHLER KATHERINA (KATE) (KATIE),   b. 17 Jan 1894,   d. 7 May 1986, Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS  (Age 92 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1913
  Family ID	F01135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died september 17, 1945 while in the army overseas in Okinawa; a typhoon had hit the island. He was killed when he accidently took hold of a downed power line (a"hot" wire) while repairing a radio antenna. He was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ellis, KS. The Obituary reads that he was buried at the Island Command Cemetery, Grave #485, Row 16, Plot 2, Okinawa. Never married.