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Inscription on the Tablets of the Missing, Margraten
American Cemetery, Holland |
Memorial stone in Mount
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison [Atchison county], Kansas.
Pvt Kurtz was transferred
from Field Force Replacement Depot No. 8 to Co B, 508th PIR on 7 April
1944. He made the jump into Normandy and was wounded on 7 July
1920. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman
Badge.
Pfc Kurtz was declared as
Missing in Action but placed on Killed In Action status as of 21
September 1944. He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star Medal
and he Purple Heart Oak Leaf Cluster |
 Memorial
Service To Honor Cousins
A double memorial service for Pfc Raymond C. Kurtz and Lt.
Richard E. Blair, cousins who were killed in action during September,
will be held at the First Christian church Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The Reverend Loyal S. Northcott, pastor of the church, will conduct
the services assisted by Re. Evan A. Reiff, Pastor of the First Baptist
church.
Pfc Kurtz, a paratrooper, was killed in action on September 21,
according to word received Oct 11 by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Kurtz, route 2. He had been wounded in action previously and had
returned to the front lines.
Lt. Blair died from wounds received in action in France on Sept 13,
and the death message was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
C. Blair, 1113 Parallel Oct 5. He also had been slightly wounded
in action and had returned to the fight shortly before he suffered his
fatal wounds. |
 IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
our dear son and brother Pfc Raymond C. Kurtz, killed in action one
year ago September 21, 1944.There is a light
that never fails
And will never grow dim
A light that shines within our hearts
Of those that follow Him
And though the clouds may
fill the sky and hide the sun from sight
The darkness will be lifted
By his never-failing light
Deeply missed by
MOTHER, FATHER,
BROTHERS, SISTERS
and RELATIVES |
