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Personal info

Full name
KATZ, Murray
Date of birth
17 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County New York
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32966790
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Kerling-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 16

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Katz (father)
Anna (Hollander) Katz (mother)
Herbert Katz (brother)

More information

Pvt Murray Katz attended 4 years of college and was a public official before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 8 June 1943.

He was awarded Silver Star Medal (posthumously) for action against an armed enemy on 10 November 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military 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 / New York Birth Index
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