1st Lt. Henry Albert Kaul
Born: 9 December 1922 – Forest Park, Illinois
Parents: Henry W. Kaul & Martha A. Kaeppel-Kaul
Siblings: 1 sister
Home:
– 125 South Harlem Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Saint John’s Lutheran School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1940
Occupation: Self-employed
Wife: Myrle Johnson
– 19 February 1942 – Cook County, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 30 June 1942
Contact Person: Henry W. Kaul – father
Inducted:
– U.S. Army Air Corps
– 28 October 1944
Serial Number: O-825449
Training:
– Unknown – trained as a pilot – P-51
Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force
Note: 4th Fighter Group was formed originally from American pilots who had fought in Royal Air Force
Engagements:
– 36 air engagements over Germany
Killed in Action:
– 11 February 1945
-his plane struck trees while strafing a column of fourteen trucks – crashed along the Asendorf-Nienburg Road near Greue Commons, Germany
Buried:
– Ardennes American Cemetery – Neuville-en-Condroz Liege, Belgium
– Plot: E Row: 13 Grave: 45
Medals:
– Purple Heart – two Oak Leaf Clusters
– Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters
– Presidential Unit Citation
