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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
8 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36034187
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 43

Immediate family

Members
Charley Schultz (father)
Josephine (Dybella) Schultz (mother)
Gorden Schultz (brother)
Lawrence Schultz (brother)
Grace Schultz (sister)

More information

Pvt Edward J. Schultz enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 3 June 1941.

He attended high school for 1 year and worked on manufacture of automobiles before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block A, Row 9, Grave 177.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, 1942 Yearbook 3rd Armored Division/54th Armored Field Artillery via Gale Messier, Emira Mazlout - Seasonal Guide - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery