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KANTZ, Richard Omega - Date of
birth
2 February 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Michigan -
Hometown
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35244325 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Chaumont, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Omega Kantz (father)
Annette E. (Rummling) Kantz (mother)
Lucille A.C. Kantz (sister)
Frank A. Kantz (brother)
Annette M. Kantz (sister)
Donald H. Kantz (brother)
Lee W. Kantz (brother)
Myrthle A. (Billue) Kantz (wife)
Richard L. Kantz (son)
More information
Richard Kantz was employed by the Ross Gear and tool Company.He enlisted on 6 March 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
He is remembered at the Grand View Cemetery of West Lafayette, Indiana.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Kantz Family Tree/ Army Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - Journal and Courier
Photo source: Kantz Family Tree, www.fold3.com