Urban Benedict LENTSCH
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Source : Geo Clinton
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 37432537 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 29 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 4 aout 1914 Livermore Humboldt Country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | IOWA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parents : Andrew & Anna Susan LENTSCH Siblings : Elizabeth R, Laurence M, Joseph J, John A, Kathryn A, Pauline M & Margaret M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Corporal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMPANY | Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 7th Field Artillery Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 1st Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 6 June 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of St Laurent N°3505
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CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cpl. Urban B Lentsch was the son of the late Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Anna Roisz Lentsch of Livermore, IA. He attended the University of Iowa for one year before working in Kossuth County. He was inducted into the Army and was attached to the 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed in action of June 6, 1944, when his unit fought on Omaha Beach. Cpl. Lentsch is buried in Plot J, Row 10, Grave 22, in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He was awarded the Purple Heart. July 25, 1944 - Memorial services for Cpl Urban Lentsch of Livermore, who was killed in action in France on June 6, were held Monday morning, at nine o'clock at the Sacred Heart church in Livermore. Cpl Lentsch was attached to the seventh field artillery battalion, and had been stationed in England before the Invasion. He received his basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source : Geo Clinton
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He graduated from the Livermore high school with the class of 1932, and attended the University of Iowa for one year. He had been employed for several years by Andrew and Paul Erpelding north of there. Urban was born in Livermore on August 4, 1914, the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lentsch. He is survived by four sisters and three brothers. They are: Mrs. Clarence Finneron of Denison, Iowa; Mrs Ted Jenning of Miller, SD; Mrs Lawrence Curran of Livermore; Mrs Dan Shields of Portland, ME; & Lawrence of Witchita, Kansas; Joe who is stationed in Kansas; & John who is home on furlough. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st INFANTRY DIVISION - THE RED ONE
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - JF Pellouais |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |