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Personal info

Full name
KATZ, Ernest Eugene
Date of birth
26 November 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Munich, Germany
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42052088
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Luneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 8

Immediate family

Members
Leo Katz (father)
Ernestine S. Katz (mother)

More information

Pfc Ernest E. Katz attended high school for four years and was a waiter before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 5 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Robbee Brown
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy