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Personal info

Full name
SPATZ, Melvin
Date of birth
15 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Stanislav, Poland
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42059256
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 82

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Y. Spatz (father)
Sadie Spatz (mother)
Milton Spatz (brother)
Martha Spatz (sister)
Irving Spatz (brother)
Sylvia L. (Silberman) Spatz (wife)
Leslie I. Spatz (son)
Steven Spatz (son)

More information

Pfc Melvin Spatz emigrated in 1923 to the United States, and was married to Sylvia Lillian Silberman on 24 August 1940 in New York City. He was naturalised as an American citizen on 20 August 1942 in New York City.
He enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Whitney Hecht family tree / Headstone and Interment Records / New York Naturalization Records 1882-1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com - Whitney Hecht