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Personal info

Full name
MELZER, Hans O
Date of birth
5 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Braunschweig, Germany
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36209411
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Würzburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 25

Immediate family

Members
Paul O. Melzer (father)
Ida (Buchmuller) Melzer (mother)
Elfrieda Melzer (sister)
Margaret P. Melzer (sister)
Mary Melzer (wife)

More information

Sgt Hans O. Melzer enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 29 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Wernecke Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
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