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Personal info

Full name
LENZ, Donald J
Date of birth
28 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Martin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37567729
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Lenz (father)
Alma Lenz (mother)
La Verna Lenz (sister)
Alice Lenz (sister)
Victor Lenz (brother)
Elmer Lenz (brother)
Franklin Lenz (brother)
Caroline Lenz (sister)
Celia Lenz (sister)
Eline Lenz (sister)
Sylvan Lenz (brother)
Lester Lenz (brother)
Warren Lenz (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald J. Lenz enlisted on 17 June 1943. and was sent overseas on 1 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com – Jeff Hall, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor_kl.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com – Jeff Hall