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Personal info

Full name
MARTZ, Harold Lee
Date of birth
10 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Coventry, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35608370
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Devant le Bois
Arbrefontaine, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 59

Immediate family

Members
John A. Martz (father)
Sarah H. (Mowery) Martz (mother)
Sarah C. Martz (sister)
John A. Martz (brother)
Fred Martz (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold L. Martz attended Conventry High School and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes Ohio on 3 March 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

At the place where the battle for Arbrefontaine was fought, is a statue to honor the fallen of F Company.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, http://aad.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Raphaël Marchal, 1942 Conventry High School Cometeer Yearbook - courtesy of Kathy McDermott, Akron Beacon Journal - 24 February 1946