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Personal info

Full name
STEITZ, Arthur Glen
Date of birth
22 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35272511
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
North of Dinant, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 47

Immediate family

Members
Edward H, Steitz (father)
Alice E. Steitz (mother)
Morris F. Steitz (brother)
Ruth E. Steitz (sister)
Clarence Steitz (brother)
Marguerite M. Steitz (sister)
Arthur G. Steitz (brother)
Grace E. Steitz (sister)
Maurice Steitz (brother)

More information

Cpl Arthur G. Steitz enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 19 January 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Ohio, Birth Index, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Times

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Randy Kugler