John Mintz

World War II
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Fallen

Monango, ND


County:
Dickey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
743rd Tank Battalion

Listed on/in the:
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Circumstances:

Died in service in England.

Biography:

Buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.

From WWI Book:

MINTZ, JOHN SN 37 272 320; born Monango, NDak 5 Dec 15; resident Dickey County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 30 Mar 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 2 Apr 44 Plymouth, England; PFC; buried in Plot A, Row 1, Grave 35, Cambridge, England.

From Verna Zimmerman (Niece to John Mintz) of Wishek ND 5/5/2022:

John Mintz, son of Gottlieb Jr. and Christina (Gebhardt) Mintz was born December 9, 1915 in Hamburg Township, Monango, ND.  At the age of 18 he served in the C.C.C., then farmed for six years. World War II was declared
in 1941 and John entered the service on March 30, 1942 serving in the U.S. Army Tank Corp. He trained at Fort Lewis, Washington and served from October 1943 to April 2, 1944 overseas in England. He obtained the rank of PFC and died in an accidental drowning near Plymouth, England at the age of 29. John Mintz's final resting place is at Cambridge American Cemetery in England.