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SCHWARZ, Eric Berthold - Date of
birth
11 November 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42106250 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 February 1945 - Place of
death
Near Saarlouis, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 5 | 51 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Berthold T. D. Schwarz (father)
Thyra (Ericson) Schwarz (mother)
Berthold E. Schwarz (brother)
Virginia Schwarz (sister)
More information
Pvt Eric B. Schwarz attended college for one year before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 18 July 1944. He was sent overseas on 1 January 1945.While a student at Montclair High School, at the age of 15, Eric organized a group of boys into a swing band known as Eric Schwarz and His Orchestra. They played regularly for dancing school classes, and also contributed their service at various public rallies for the American Legion, the Red Cross, War Bond drives, and Armistice and Memorial Day programs.
He was killed by small arms fire in the stomach.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson, www.newspapers.com - The Montclair Times 20 November 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - American Battle Monuments Commission / Tom Reece, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Montclair