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Personal info

Full name
BELTZ, Reinaldo W
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Richmond, Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
6549646
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Létricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 21 12

Immediate family

Members
William Beltz (father)
Juanita Beltz (mother)
Wilma E. (Teninty) Beltz (wife)

More information

Pvt Reinoldo W. Beltz attended college for two years and was employed as a driver by the C.& H. Sugar Company in Crocket, Contra Costa County, California before he joined the Regular Army from San Francisco, California on 2 March 1944.

Prior to the war he served in Honolulu, Hawaii with the 11th Field Artillery, from 1933-1935.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Army Transport Service Passenger Lists 1910-1939 / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent