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Personal info

Full name
MIZE, Martin Edward
Date of birth
20 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Haralson County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14129456
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 31

Immediate family

Members
Martin N. Mize (father)
Minnie E. (Milam) Mize (mother)
Thomas H. Mize (brother)
Ida I. Mize (sister)
Lydia M. Mize (sister)
Ordelia J. Mize (sister)
John W. Mize (brother)
Evelyn M. Mize (sister)
James M. Mize (brother)
Maggie L. Mize (sister)

More information

T/5 Martin E. Mize enlisted at Fort Mc Pherson, Georgia on 30 July 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

T/5 Martin E. Mize was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com – A Benefield, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_mo.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Mize Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten