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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Edward
Date of birth
31 October 1906
Age
37
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32886112
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Villoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 34

Immediate family

Members
Frank Schultz (father)
Catherine Schultz (mother)
Pelagia Schultz (sister)
Helen Schultz (sister)
Irene Schultz (sister)
Harold Schultz (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward Schultz attended high school for 3 years and was employed as a clerk for the Railway Mail Service.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 9 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy