Harold C. KAIN

 

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ARMY SERIAL NUMBERO-1290762
AGE32 ans
DATE OF BIRTH15 january 1912
STATENEW JERSEY
FAMILY

Spouse : Alma

Daughter :  Charlene

RANK1st Lieutenant
FONCTIONCommander of Company E
PROFESSION AVANT INCORPORATION NJ
DATE D'INCORPORATION1941
COMPANYCompany E
REGIMENT134th Infantry Regiment
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
DIVISION35th Infantry Division
"Division Santa Fe"
DATE OF DEATHJuly 17, 1944kain tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHHill 122
around St Lo
CEMETERY TEMPORARYCEMETERY TEMPORARY of

La Cambe N°3539

3539 LA CAMBE

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville sur Mer

Map Normandy American Cemetery from Colleville sur Mer

GRAVE
Plot Row Grave
J 13 31
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

Combat Infantryman Badge

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

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STORY
Charlene’s words(Daughter of 1st Lt KAIN)

“My father was born on January 15, 1912.

He was Thomas and Emma KAIN’s youngest son.

He had an older brother, Wesley, and a sister, Charlotte.

He was born and raised in New Jersey.

He was only 18 and my mother, Alma, was 16, when they met.

They met during the Great Depression and he didn’t want to get married before he could support them.

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kain charlene

They married 10 years later, in 1942 and I was born in 1944.

They married 10 years later, in 1942, and I was born in 1944.

I don’t know the exact date but I know he enlisted in 1941.

He first trained at Fort Bragg, in Georgia, then at Fort Ord, in California.

He was in the 134th Regiment of the 35th Division, also called the Division Santa Fe.

I think he was leading the Company E when he was killed.

I know he left to England in May 1944, the day following my birth.

I have been told he landed on Omaha Beach around July 5, 1944 and that they were marching to Saint-Lô when he was killed.”


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Day of Lt Kain’s death, reportkain company morning report
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Lieutenant Harold KAIN was provisionally buried at La Cambe Temporary Cemetery and after his family’s approval, his body was transferred to the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer.
The cemetery of La Cambe then became a place of memory for the German soldiers.
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kain telegrammeTelegram announcing Lt Kain’s death.

INFORMATION SOURCESCharlène CZAJKOWSKI
Site officiel du 134th Regiment d'Infanterie - Nathalie VARNIERE
PICTURE SOURCECharlène CZAJKOWSKI - Find a grave.com
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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