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Personal info

Full name
METZ, Karl H
Date of birth
3 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37620470
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 44 33

Immediate family

Members
Fred Metz Sr. (father)
Julia A. Metz (mother)
Irma K. Metz (sister)
Fred Metz Jr. (brother)
Robert S. Metz (brother)
John E. Metz (brother)
David W. Metz brother)
William T. Metz (brother)
Richard A. Metz (brother)
Helen Metz (wife)

More information

S/SGt Karl H. Metz graduated from Coshocton High School in 1930.

He enlisted on 27 July 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and was sent overseas in March 1944.

S/Sgt Karl Metz joined his unit from a replacement depot on 13 June 1944. He was lightly wounded in action in Normandy on 17 June 1944 and seriously wounded on 25 February in action at Welldorf, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Toledo Blade - 31 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Coshocton Tribune - 3 April 1945, Coshocton High School 1930