Name:
Jack (Jean) Janz
Rank:
Soldier
Serial Number:
Unit:
French Foreign Legion
Date of Death:
1916-03-02
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
MIA At Ft. Vaux in Verdun
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Legion of Honor and the Medaille Militaire (French)
Comments:
Jack Janz was born in 1889 in Philadelphia.
Killed during an artillery attack at Ft. Vaux on March 2, 1916.
From the Mémoire des homes (French Ministry of Defense) Website:
Jean JANZ
Mort pour la France le 02-03-1916 (Vaux, 55 - Meuse, France)
Né(e) le/en 05-11-1889 à Philadelphie (Etats-Unis)
26 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours
Career:
Rank: soldat de 1re classe
Unit: régiment de marche de la Légion étrangère (RMLE)
Class1914 (EV)
Recruitment office: Bayonne (64)
Recruitment roll number: 359
Reference: Mort pour la France
Place of transcription of death: Paris 1er arrondissement (75 - Paris (ex Seine), France)
SOURCE:American fighters in the Foreign legion, 1914-1918 by Paul Ayres Rockwell