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Personal info

Full name
METZ, William W
Date of birth
16 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
South Hannover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33506599
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Wallace H. Metz (father)
Ellen E. (Kohr) Metz (mother)
Irene K. Metz (sister)
Mildred S. Metz (sister)
Henry A. Metz (brother)
Viola R. Metz (sister)
John W. Metz (brother)
Emory A. Metz (brother)
Harry Metz (brother)
Nancy Metz (sister)
Catherine Metz (sister)

More information

Pvt William W. Metz attended high school for one year and worked on the Kirk Falk Farm before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 6 April 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thigh and loin.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards/ Mush 55 Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy