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Personal info

Full name
WOLZ, Fred C
Date of birth
25 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Hometown
Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39847189
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Wolz (father)
Anna M. (Schuler) Wolz (mother)
Bertha M. Wolz (sister)
Lena P. Wolz (sister)
Irma E. Wolz (sister)
Mildred Wolz (sister)

More information

Pvt Fred Wolz enlisted on 22 May 1942 at Phoenix, Arizona.

He was lightly wounded in action on 15 August 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Hans Wijnands - Wolz Family