2nd Lt. Henry Joseph Koller


Born: 6 April 1921 - Oak Park, Illinois

Parents: Henry C. Koller & Anna Schneider-Koller

Siblings: 2 sisters

Nickname: "Bud"

Home:

    - 1113 Elgin Avenue - Forest Park, Illinois

        - previously lived in Oak Park 

Education:

    - Saint John Lutheran School

    - York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1939

Occupation: Tool & Die Maker

Inducted:

    - 23 October 1942

        - U.S. Army Air Corps

Serial Number: O&783196

Training: 

    - Nashville, Tennessee

    - Chicago, Illinois

    - Miami, Florida

    - Mount Pleasant, New York

    - Las Vegas, Nevada

    - Carlsbad, California

    - Santa Ana, California

    - Tonopah, Nevada

        - qualified as a bombardier

Died:

        - plane crash - Tonopah, Nevada

            - early September 1944

Buried: 

    - Oakridge Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois

        - Section:  10   Lot: 251   Grave 1

        - 14 September 1944


 

 

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