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Personal info

Full name
NIETZ, Ivan Vernon
Date of birth
25 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Nova Scotia, Canada
Hometown
Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32589975
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 25

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Nietz (father)
Hilda B. (Sherman) Nietz (mother)
George F. Nietz (brother)
Hilda M. Nietz (sister)
Mabel I. Nietz (sister)
Joyce L. Nietz (sister)
Allen S. Nietz (brother)
Clyde E. Nietz (brother)
Patricia Nietz (sister)
Carl Nietz (brother)
Rubie Nietz (sister)

More information

Pfc Ivan V. Nietz attended Dover High School and was employed at Acme Metal Products Incorporated.
He is remembered at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Border Crossings from Canada to U.S. 1895-1960
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Ken Doty Brown