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Personal info

Full name
FRANZ, Harold William
Date of birth
8 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36167492
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 54

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Franz (father)
Catherine (Oleschlager) Franz (mother)
Viola Franz (sister)
Dorothea Franz (sister)
Clarence F. Franz (brother)
Marvin L. Franz (brother)
Gerald Franz (brother)
Marilyn M. Franz (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Harold W. Franz attended Denby High school for four years and was a mail carrier.

He enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan on 20 January 1942.

S/Sgt Harold W. Franz first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Avold, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Smith & Franz Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Detroit News - 27 January 1945