Herbert I. Gentz

Private First Class Herbert Irving Gentz photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Hettinger

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
264th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
66th Infantry Regiment
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Belgium

Biography:

Herbert Irving Gentz was born in New England, Hettinger County, North Dakota on April 13, 1924, to Herbert William Gentz and Mary Angela Gehr Gentz. Private First Class Gentz entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 11, 1943, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. He was killed in action in the English Channel in Belgium, Europe on December 25, 1944, and is buried in Lot 6, Block 45, Grave 3, New England Cemetery, New England, North Dakota. He was married to Carmen Deloris Steinbrecker, the daughter of Adolph and Louise Helen Steinbrecker of New England, North Dakota, on March 18, 1944, in Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave/County Book