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Personal info

Full name
QUENZER, Edward Lewis "Dutch"
Date of birth
24 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33010885
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Juvelize, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 74

Immediate family

Members
Harry J. Quenzer (father)
Mary E. (Gould) Quenzer (mother)
William H. Quenzer (brother)
Karl F. Quenzer (brother)
Elizabeth Quenzer (sister)
Madeline E. Quenzer (sister)
Harry W. Quenzer (brother)
Emma J. Quenzer (sister)

More information

T/5 Edward L. Quenzer was employed by the Harrisburg Steel Corporation before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 13 February 1941. He was sent overseas in December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Engle/Fach Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News - 23 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len