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Personal info

Full name
SCHILZ, Leonard J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16007260
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwihr-Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 59

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Schilz (father)
Elizabeth Schilz (mother)
Bernard Schilz (brother)
Jerome A. Schilz (brother)
Joseph J. Schilz (brother)
Rosetta Schilz (sister)
Lillian Schilz (sister)
Violet Schilz (sister)
Mabel Schilz (sister)
Earl Schilz (brother)

More information

Pvt Leonard J. Schilz was a chauffeur before he joined the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 15 October 1940.

In August 1943, in Sicily, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments.

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