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Personal info

Full name
KLOTZ, Richard Donald
Date of birth
3 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1287723
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
27th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 37

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Klotz (father)
Minnie E. (Boyer) Klotz (mother)
Charles F. Klotz (brother)
Esther M. Klotz (sister)
Clayton B. Klotz (brother)
Martha L. Klotz (sister)
Katherine S. Klotz (sister)
Anna M. Klotz (sister)
Samuel K. Klotz (brother)
James M. Klotz (brother)
Archie H. Klotz (brother)
Roland Klotz (brother)
Daisy Klotz (sister)
Miriam Klotz (sister)
William M. Klotz (brother)
Anna (Borlodan) Klotz (wife)

More information

Capt Richard D. Klotz enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 18 January 1941.

He attended Bethlehem Technical High School and was employed by Bethlehem Steel prior to his enlistment.

Capt Klotz was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block QQ, Row 6, Grave 106.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Berger Brown Tree / 1920 Census, Bethlehem PA Library / Bethlehem Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://asksam.bapl.org