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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Austin Melvin
Date of birth
31 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois
Hometown
Coloma, Whiteside County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36682130
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
C Company,
87th Chemical Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 3 40

Immediate family

Members
August Schultz (father)
Mildred Schultz (mother)
Milo Schultz (brother)
Elma Schultz (sister)
Alfred Schultz (brother)
Ella Schultz (sister)
Elzina Schultz (sister)
Leora Schultz (sister)
Eugene Schultz (brother)
Arlene (Werland) Schultz (sister)
Susan (Amicucci) Schultz (sister)
Barbara Schultz (sister)
Eleanor (Morse) Schultz (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Schultz was killed when the truck he was driving hit a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Jac Engels, John Amicucci, ABMC, National Archives, wwiimemorial, http://sites.google.com/site/jsamicucci/austinmschultz, Find A Grave

Photo source: Family Amicucci