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Personal info

Full name
SCHIETZELT, Edgar William
Date of birth
6 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37695769
Rank
Private
Function
Platoon Scout
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 7

Immediate family

Members
Earnest L. Schietzelt (father)
Ida C. (Haack) Schietzelt (mother)
Helen L. Schietzelt (sister)
John A. Schietzelt (brother)
Donald E. Schietzelt (brother)
Mary F. (Underscheid) Schietzelt (wife)
Lawrence W. Schietzelt (son)
Francis M. Schietzelt (daughter)
Maurine M. Schietzelt (daughter)

More information

Pvt Edgar W. Schietzelt attended high school for four years and was employed at the Swift and Co. before he enlisted at Camp Dodge Herold, Iowa on 22 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - John Schietzelt, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jacobs Smith Tree / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal 11 August 1945
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