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Personal info

Full name
SHOULTZ, Clarence William
Date of birth
21 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Porter, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Wilson, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32934064
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierwaldenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 36 38

Immediate family

Members
Fred L. Shoultz (father)
Edith Shoultz (mother)
Clifford Shoultz (brother)
Frances Shoultz (brother)
Eleanor Shoultz (sister)
Corinne Shoultz (sister)

More information

Pfc Clarence Shoultz attended Wilson High School for three years.

He enlisted on 16 June 1943 at Buffalo, New York. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 1 October 1944.

Pfc Shoultz is remembered at Greenwood Cemetery in Wilson, Niagara County, New York with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Union Sun and Journal - 9 November 1944, www.findagrave.com