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Frank Raymond Kossa

1 Nov 1897 – 15 Sep 1994

Birth	1 Nov 1897
Death	15 Sep 1994
Cemetery	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington , Arlington County , Virginia , USA
Added by	Anonymous on 15 Feb 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107328494

Bio

In 1986, Retired Col. Frank Kossa received a letter from President Reagan congratulating him as the only surviving American veteran to have served in the nation’s four major wars during the 20th century (World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War). Listed in the 1900 Census for Ammannsville, Fayette County, Texas (ED 45, Page 9, Line 17). Listed in the 1910 Census for Fayette County, Texas (ED 67, Page 6B, Line 98). Listed in the 1920 Census for San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (ED 77, Page 27B, Line 52). First married to Grace Lindley on 3 Oct 1925 at Clark County, Indiana. Listed in the 1930 Census for Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana as living with his wife in the home of his mother-in-law, Estella M. Lindley (ED 11, Page 1A, Line 40). Listed in the 1940 Census for Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana (ED 10-16, Page 1A, Line 27). Second married to Mrs. Olga Louise Hoffman (nee Blair) on 25 May 1973 at Alexandria, Virginia. Third married to Mrs. Jeanette Bond (nee Betts) on 4 Sep 1980 at Clark County, Indiana.

Inscription

Colonel, U.S. Army

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Family

Parents

• John Frank Kossa 1869–1935
• Amalie Mathilda Klecka Kossa 1876–1973

Spouse

• Jeanette Eulalie "Jean" Betts Kossa 1898–1991
• Grace Lindley Kossa 1899–1971
• Olga Louise Blair Kossa 1911–1979

Siblings

• Veronika Kossa 1899–1919
• Edward Jerome Kossa 1901–1940
• Richard Kossa 1902–1903
• Angelina Kossa Mitchan 1904–1982
• John Edward Kossa 1906–1987
• Hattie Kossa Mazoch 1908–1999
• Agnes Rose Kossa Cernosek 1911–1980
• Mary Vlasta Kossa Cernosek 1913–1997
• Jerome John Kossa 1915–1986
• Janie Kossa

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