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Personal info

Full name
KRATZ, James Piatt Jr
Date of birth
20 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois
Hometown
Piatt County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36037920
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 September 1944
Place of death
Between Maubeuge, France and Mons, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 44

Immediate family

Members
James P. Kratz Sr. (father)
Maude M. (Martin) Kratz (mother)
William M. Kratz (brother)
Stephen C. Kratz (brother)

More information

S/Sgt James P. Kratz enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 18 June 1941.

He studied Liberal Arts at the University of Illinois.

He assisted his father in supervising their extensive land holdings before entering the service in 1940. He was released from the army in November, 1940, and recalled in February, 1941. He had been overseas since October, 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Cemetery in Fosse, Belgium.

He is remembered at the Monticello Cemetery in Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Terry W, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Faires Family Tree, Phi Gamma Delta May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - B. Faires, Phi Gamma Delta May 1945