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Personal info

Full name
ORTIZ, Antonio Gonzalez
Date of birth
14 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Villa Acuña, Mexico
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36538293
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 77

Immediate family

Members
Romuleo Ortiz (father)
Estephana (Gonzalez) Ortiz (mother)
Jesus Ortiz (brother)
Sara Ortiz (sister)
Juan Ortiz (brother)
Felix Ortiz (brother)
Loreto G. Ortiz (brother)
Rito G. Ortiz (brother)
Guadalupe G. Ortiz (brother)
Mary Ortiz (sister)
Esperanza Ortiz (sister)

More information

Pfc Antonio G. Ortiz was employed at the Michigan Sugar Company.

He enlisted on 7 November 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ortiz Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Saginaw News - 18 March 1945 - courtesy of the Saginaw Library