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Personal info

Full name
HARTWIG, Jack
Date of birth
4 December 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
Hometown
Richmond, Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
39006060
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 7

Immediate family

Members
Jack Hartwig (father)
Anna Hartwig (mother)
Mary Hartwig (sister)
Herman Hartwig (brother)
Theodore Hartwig (brother)
Lydia Hartwig (sister)
Emma Hartwig (sister)
Evelyn M. (Schneider) Hartwig (wife)

More information

Sgt Jack Hartwig was married to Evelyn Schneider in Carson City, Nevada on 8 September 1937.

He was employed as a mechanic at the Rheem MFG Co. before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 27 March 1941.

In April 1944 he was wounded when his vehicle hit a landmine.

He was killed by multiple injuries to the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem