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PVT 1CL Dan Gilts

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PVT 1CL Dan Gilts

Birth
Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio, USA
Death
11 Oct 1918 (aged 31)
France
Burial
Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France Add to Map
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Plot B Row 10 Grave 20
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Pfc, Co. C, 6th Engineers, 3rd Div WW1


Pfc, Co. C, 6th Engineers, 3rd Division WW1


Distinguished Service Cross:

General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919: near Crezancy, France, July 15, 1918. After being wounded, he was being evacuated when he discovered that all ammunition carriers of a nearby battery had been disabled. He insisted on being allowed to carry up ammunition until the battery was completely out of action.

Also awarded a Division Citation

Wounded July 15, 1918

Died of pneumonia October 11, 1918


Name: Dan Giltz

Death Date: 1918

Death Place: KIA France

Other Source Information: Title: Paulding Obituary Card File; Location: Paulding County Carnegie Library; Description: Card file of obituary clippings; Details: GILTZ, DAN

Contributor: USMCconley (46898378)

Pfc, Co. C, 6th Engineers, 3rd Div WW1


Pfc, Co. C, 6th Engineers, 3rd Division WW1


Distinguished Service Cross:

General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919: near Crezancy, France, July 15, 1918. After being wounded, he was being evacuated when he discovered that all ammunition carriers of a nearby battery had been disabled. He insisted on being allowed to carry up ammunition until the battery was completely out of action.

Also awarded a Division Citation

Wounded July 15, 1918

Died of pneumonia October 11, 1918


Name: Dan Giltz

Death Date: 1918

Death Place: KIA France

Other Source Information: Title: Paulding Obituary Card File; Location: Paulding County Carnegie Library; Description: Card file of obituary clippings; Details: GILTZ, DAN

Contributor: USMCconley (46898378)

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Entered service from Indiana

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  • Maintained by: Albert Ledoux
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55947942/dan-gilts: accessed ), memorial page for PVT 1CL Dan Gilts (6 Sep 1887–11 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55947942, citing Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France; Maintained by Albert Ledoux (contributor 46511171).