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Personal info

Full name
DRAGSCHITZ, William H
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37639142
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 16 22

Immediate family

Members
George Dragschitz (father)
Helen Dragschitz (mother)
Helen Dragschitz (sister)
George Dragschitz (brother)
Frank Dragschitz (brother)
John Dragschitz (brother)
Thresa Dragschitz (sister)
Rosemarie Dragschitz (sister)
Hulda Dragschitz (wife)

More information

Pvt William H. Dragschitz enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 26 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – St. Louis Post Dispatch Missouri 23 December 1944
Photo source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch