Janz Jack (Jean)

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Jack (Jean) Janz is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

American Volunteer Monument Paris

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 M�moire des homes (French Ministry of Defense) Website:
Jean JANZ
Mort pour la France le 02-03-1916 (Vaux, 55 - Meuse, France)
N�(e) le/en 05-11-1889 � Philadelphie (Etats-Unis) 26 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours

Career:
Rank: soldat de 1re classe
Unit: r�giment de marche de la L�gion �trang�re (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