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Personal info

Full name
KRANZ, Joseph Walter
Date of birth
28 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36372492
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack / Kommerscheidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 11 16

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Kranz (father)
Caroline Kranz (mother)
Marian Kranz (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph W. Kranz enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 16 September 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-6.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet