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Personal info

Full name
OLTZ, Allen Murray
Date of birth
19 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111085
Rank
Private
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Kinzweiler - Sankt-Jöris, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 34 56

Immediate family

Members
Edward F. Oltz (father)
Adeline E. (Mitzelfeld) Oltz (mother)
Mary M. Oltz (sister)
Edna M. Oltz (sister)
Maud W. Oltz (sister)
Burroughs E. Oltz (brother)
George W. Oltz (brother)
Marjorie J. Oltz (sister)
Thomas W. Oltz (brother)
Gerald E. Oltz (brother)
Doris M. Oltz (wife)
George Oltz (son)

More information

Pvt Allen M. Oltz enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 March 1944.

He attended grammar school and worked as a chauffeur or driver. Sent overseas in September, Pvt Oltz had served as a machine gunner with the U.S. 9th Army. An employe of Crowley's, Inc., he received training at Camp Blanding, Fla., before being assigned to overseas duty. He had two brothers in service and a third brother awaiting a call to duty at the Detroit home.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives, ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Family Trees / U.S. City Directories, www.oldhickory30th.com, The Binghamton Press

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin