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Personal info

Full name
GOTTSCHALK, Arthur Heintz
Date of birth
21 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Koblenz, Germany
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35063350
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 51

Immediate family

Members
Bernhardt Gottschalk (father)
Selma (Strauss) Gottschalk (mother)
Hilda Gottschalk (sister)
Oskar Gottschalk (brother)

More information

Arthur H. Gottschalk left Germany on 11 December 1936.

He attended high school for three years and was a machine operator employed by the Lees – Brader Co.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 20 May 1943.

On 10 August 1943 during his service at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, he was naturalized.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy