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Personal info

Full name
WENTZEL, Ray William
Date of birth
10 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Tilden, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33075368
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Badem, Salm, Wallenborn or Meisburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 8

Immediate family

Members
Samuel P. Wentzel (father)
Tamah D. (Klopp) Wentzel (mother)
Sealon R. Wentzel (brother)
Helen I Wentzel (sister)
Norman J. Wentzel (brother)
Beulah A. Wentzel (sister)
Elsie M. Wentzel (sister)
Mildred M. Wentzel (sister)
Samuel P. Wentzel (brother)
Marian E. Wentzel (sister)

More information

Pfc Ray W. Wentzel enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 June 1941.

He is remembered at the Saint Michaels Cemetery, in Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, Berks-Dauphin Roots, www.wwiimemorial.com - Samuel P. Wentzel (brother)