The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1956
Lieutenant Rolf Kuchen Record no. 017546 · The 4th Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 27 June 1956
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 017546
Record of service
- Name
- Rolf Kuchen
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment
- The 4th Marsh Regiment, depot at Hollstadt
- Date of loss
- 27 June 1956
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 24
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 27 June 1956
1. The 4th Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 11 February 1932, at Hollstadt, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- shop assistant
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a shop assistant of Hollstadt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Rainer Kuchen | born 1955 | shop assistant | |
| father | Sigmund Kuchen | born 1895, died 1948 | nurse | |
| mother | Emma Baum | born 1895, died 1982 | clerk | |
| spouse | Katja Sondich | born 1932, died 1980 | cook | married 12 September 1954 |
The persons entered above are the next of kin as given by the above-named on entering the regiment, corrected against the civil register.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.