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Personal info

Full name
HRITZ, John Joseph
Date of birth
10 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Glen Campbell, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33108208
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 35 50

Immediate family

Members
Michael Hritz (father)
Hermina (Knuth) Hritz (mother)
Jacob Hritz (brother)
Joseph Hritz (brother)

More information

T/5 John J. Hritz enlisted at Fort George G. Maede, Maryland on 11 December 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card / 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten