PFC Robert Martin Holtz
Born: 3 February 1926 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: August & Ella Holtz
Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister
Home:
– 1803 South Fourth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Graduating Class: 1943
Occupation: Western Electric Company – apprentice – tool & die maker
Selective Service Registration: 3 February 1944
Contact Person: Ella Holtz – mother
Enlisted:
– 5 April 1944
– U.S. Army Air Corps – transferred to the infantry
Serial Number: 36963879
Training:
– Sheppard Field, Texas
– Camp Howze, Texas
Unit: 409th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division, 7th U. S. Army
Overseas: 11 September 1944
Arrived: 20 October 1944 – Marseilles, France
– 8 November 1944 – arrived at Docelles, France
– relieved the 3rd Infantry Division
Engagements:
– 9 November 1944 – attacked St. Die
– 16 November 1944 – drove through heavy fire to take St. Die
– 23 November 1944 – captured Diefenbach, Germany
– 4 December 1944 – captured Selestat, France
– 15 December 1944 – German offensive never materialized in the area he was in
– Battle of the Rhineland
-14 January 1945 – held positions along Sauer River
– 15 March 1945 – attacked Ziegfried Line
Killed in Action:
– 21 March 1945
– Rhineland, Germany
Buried: Lorraine American Cemetery – St. Avold, Lorraine, France
– Plot: A Row: 27 Grave: 28
Medals: Purple Heart
