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Personal info

Full name
GELTCH, James Wayne
Date of birth
29 January 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hometown
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42118039
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 52

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Geltch (father)
Anna E. (Stout) Geltch (mother)
Eleanor E. Geltch (sister)
Annette B. (Grauer) Geltch (wife)
James W. Geltch Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc James W. Geltch was married to Annette Beatrice Grauer on 30 August 1937 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

He graduated from Trenton High School in 1931 and was a retail manager.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 April 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 26 February and evacuated to a hospital in Luxembourg, where he died of his wounds.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / New Jersey United Methodist Church Records 1800-1970, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jersey Journal 5 April 1945 - courtesy of John McParland