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Personal info

Full name
SCHWEITZER, Anton
Date of birth
14 October 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Dodge, Dunn County, North Dakota
Hometown
East End, Dunn County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37169711
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 13

Immediate family

Members
Sebastian Schweitzer (father)
Johanna (Vogel) Schweitzer (mother)
Jacob Schweitzer (brother)
Helen Schweitzer (sister)
Magdalena Schweitzer (sister)
Gertrude Schweitzer (sister)
Joseph Schweitzer (brother)
Margaret Schweitzer (sister)
Frances Schweitzer (sister)
John Schweitzer (brother)
Peter M. Schweitzer (brother)

More information

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is remembered at the Saint Martins Cemetery in Dodge, Dunn County, North Dakota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Penelope Schweitzer’s Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Shane O

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Larry Krueger