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Personal info

Full name
PRITSCH, Martin F
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32156877
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 20

Immediate family

Members
Philip B. Pritsch (father)
Mary Pritsch (mother)
Elizabeth Pritsch (sister)
Philip Pritsch (brother)
Teresa Pritsch (sister)

More information

Pvt Martin F. Pritsch enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 18 June 1941.

He attended high school for 3 years and worked in mechanical treatment of metals before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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