World War II
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Fallen

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
415th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
104th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany

Biography:

Private First Class Joseph Kachena was born in Pisek, ND on April 11, 1907. He was a Walsh County resident when he entered the US Army at Ft Snelling, MN on September 30, 1942. He was killed in action in Germany on April 20, 1945 and is buried in St John's Catholic Cemetery, Pisek, ND.