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Personal info

Full name
STORTZ, Raymond Floyd
Date of birth
23 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Glasco, Cloud County, Kansas
Hometown
Aurora, Cloud County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37742248
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 37

Immediate family

Members
Ernest L. Stortz (father)
Lelia V. (Brooks) Stortz (mother)
Retha V. Stortz (sister)
Shirley L. Stortz (sister)
Harold A. Stortz (brother)
Robert D. Stortz (brother)
Louise E. Stortz (sister)
Olin E. Stortz (brother)

More information

Pfc Raymond F. Stortz attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 3 May 1944.
He is remembered at the Bethel Cemetery in Cloud County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Childers Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Don & Pam Childers

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Don & Pam Childers