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Personal info

Full name
LANTZ, William Roy
Date of birth
10 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Ridgeley, Mineral County, West virginia
Hometown
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33889991
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 26

Immediate family

Members
Hendricks T. Lantz (father)
Flossie M. (Wilson) Lantz (mother)
Wilson H. Lantz (brother)
Earl E. Lantz (brother)
Robert L. Lantz (brother)
Donald D. Lantz (brother)
Alma L. Lantz (sister)
Mary M. (Rice) Lantz (wife)

More information

Pfc William R. Lantz was a machinist before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 1 June 1944.

He was hospitalized in France for treatment of frozen feet suffered on 11 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / West Virginia Births Index / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – Cumberland Evening Times Maryland 16 May 1945 – 15 February 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Cumberland Evening Times Maryland 15 February 1945