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KURTZ, Raymond Charles - Date of
birth
16 July 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas -
Hometown
Atchison County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37506273 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
21 September 1944 - Place of
death
Wylerbaan
Groesbeek, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Andrew J. Kurtz (father)
Jessie G. (Stickler) Kurtz (mother)
Andrew C. Kurtz (brother)
Mildred E. Kurtz (sister)
Dorothy L. Kurtz (sister)
Robert E. Kurtz (brother)
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / The Atchison Daily Globe / Family Tree, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Atchison Daily Globe