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Personal info

Full name
GANZ, James Edward
Date of birth
29 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Solvay, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42087060
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Erching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 30

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Ganz (father)
Edna (Ackerman) Ganz (mother)
Frederick G. Ganz (brother)
Frances M. Ganz (sister)
John R. Ganz (brother)

More information

Pfc James E. Ganz attended high school for three years and was employed at the Gulgert Feed Store before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 7 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Miliitary Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com - Russ Pickett
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