Enlistment Date: 12/18/1942
Entered the Service from: Iowa
756th Tank Battalion
Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Virgil V. Kriz is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Linn County, Iowa.
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists his cause of death as artillery shell fragments.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 1101 6th Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Contact person is Victor Kriz of same address. Employed by Wilson and Company, 3rd Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959, lists his departure date for foreign service as June 26th, 1943.
Name and Address of Next of Kin:
Emma C. Kriz (Mother)
1101 6th Street, Southeast
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank GenealogyDataNerd Find A Grave ID 50608329 for updating the date of birth, the plot and inscription information in addition to updating the middle name on the memorial***
Enlistment Date: 12/18/1942
Entered the Service from: Iowa
756th Tank Battalion
Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Virgil V. Kriz is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Linn County, Iowa.
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists his cause of death as artillery shell fragments.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 1101 6th Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Contact person is Victor Kriz of same address. Employed by Wilson and Company, 3rd Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959, lists his departure date for foreign service as June 26th, 1943.
Name and Address of Next of Kin:
Emma C. Kriz (Mother)
1101 6th Street, Southeast
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank GenealogyDataNerd Find A Grave ID 50608329 for updating the date of birth, the plot and inscription information in addition to updating the middle name on the memorial***
Inscription
VIRGIL V. KRIZ
CPL 756 TK BN
IOWA AUG 17 1944
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Records on Ancestry
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Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959
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