Hancock County

Sgt. Reinhart August Friedrich Fritz - Photo source: Jerry Yocum, Historian, Camp Algona POW Museum, Algona, IA

 

 

Reinhart A. F. Fritz was born Aug 8, 1916 to Albert and Mary Sprick Fritz. He died Mar. 20, 1945 and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint Avold, France. 

Sgt. Fritz served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a Squad Leader with the 411th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 103rd Infantry Division. He was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.  

Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com