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Personal info

Full name
STROTZ, Charles Erwin "Jerry"
Date of birth
3 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
North Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
42117816
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Schophoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 3 14

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Strotz (father)
Estelle Strotz (mother)
Kathryn Strotz (sister)
William Strotz (brother)
Alice Strotz (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles E. Strotz was the son of Lt Col Charles M. Strotz.

He graduated from North Plainfield High School and was a premedical student at Wheaton College.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 25 April 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Wheaton College Yearbook 1945