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Personal info

Full name
ZIETZ, Erwin Henry
Date of birth
26 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36221057
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
HQ & Service Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
East of Mühlhausen-Thüringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 20 19

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Zietz (father)
Caroline F. (Tuchel) Zietz (mother)
John Zietz (brother)
William Zietz (brother)
Amelia Zietz (sister)
Erdman Zietz (brother)
Ida (Kuenetz) Ziets (sister)
Martha Zietz (sister)
Edward Zietz (brother)

More information

T/4 Erwin H. Zietz attended Ripon High School and was employed by the Square-D Company in Milwaukee.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 1 April 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 86th Cav. Recon. Sq., ABMC / WWII Memorial, CWGC - ABMC / Find A Grave, Super6th.org, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Passenger and Crew Lists, 1922-1963, 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth" Unit History, http://super6th.org/6ad.htm, www.newspaperarchive.com - Kenosha Evening News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.newspaperarchive.com - Kenosha Evening News