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Personal info

Full name
LOTZE, Harold Ervin
Date of birth
16 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39169521
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Haltern am See, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 11 2

Immediate family

Members
William I. Lotze (father)
Irma (Linder) Lotze (mother)
Louie Lotze (sister)
Elsie H. Lotze (sister)
Selma A. Lotze (sister)
Donna J. Lotze (sister)

More information

T/4 Harold E. Lotze attended George Washington High School before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 November 1941.

T/4 Lodzewhen attempting to evacuate a severely injured comrade. He went, along with another medic, under heavy fire, to the injured trooper, near a house occupied by the Germans. He was shot through the heart while jumping over a hedge.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Luc Horck, www.ancestry.com - George Washington High School Yearbook 1937, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com