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Personal info

Full name
LORENZE, George Herman
Date of birth
26 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Brunswick, Antelope County, Nebraska
Hometown
Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37696781
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Berescheid-Ettelscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 34

Immediate family

Members
John Lorenze (father)
Dora (Behrens) Lorenze (mother)
Louise Lorenze (sister)
Anna Lorenze (sister)
Hannah Lorenze (sister)
John Lorenze (brother)
Otto Lorenze (brother)
August Lorenze (brother)
Ruby L. (Dorsey) Lorenze (wife)
JoAnn Lorenze (daughter)
Marian Lorenze (daughter)

More information

Pvt George H. Lorenze enlisted at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 11 May 1944.
He is remembered at the Greenfield Cemetery in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, FLH, www.ancestry.com - AncestryFile