RANGERS Wirtz, Benjamin Harold

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wirtz ​

• FORENAME

Benjamin Harold​

• UNIT

2 Ranger Bn (Company D) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

35434827 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Athens Cemetery, Athens, West Virginia, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Athens, Mercer County, West Virginia​

born 17.08.1917 Athens, West Virginia, USA​

father Ben Wirtz​

mother Florence (nee Barber)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled miners, and mining machine operators​

employed by Turkey Gap Coal and Coak Company, Dott, Mercer County, West Virginia​

16.09.1939 married Beula May (nee Newkirk) in Pearisburg, West Virginia​

1 son Benjamin Harold Wirtz, Jr. (1940-1993)​

16.10.1940 draft card Athens, West Virigina​

separated without dependents upon enlistment​

03.07.1942 entered service Huntington, West Virginia​

to England October 1943​

awarded Silver Star (posthumously)​

KIA Point du Hoc, Normandy ​

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