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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Donald
Date of birth
19 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Rock County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16157642
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Schoenberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 29

Immediate family

Members
Wendel J. Schultz (father)
Twilah W. (Adams) Schultz (mother)
Jeane D. Schultz (sister)
Louanne A. Schultz (sister)
Elaine Schultz (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald Schultz joined the Regular Army in Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 16 December 1943.
His basic training was at Fort Benning, Georgia and then he was sent to Camp Atterbury in Indiana until he left for overseas in October 1944.

He attended Chilton High School.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block J, Row 6, Grave 149.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Buckman Branches Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Rose Mohnsam, Emira Mazlout - Seasonal Guide - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery