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== Biography ==
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The timeline research also records After he shipped back to the States (he suffered from recurrent malaria and dengue fever), he was sent to Camp Ritchie where he graduated on Dec. Had a business career. He became a naturalized citizen in India on June 28, 1944.


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* Born Oct. 12, 1919 in Bad Wildungen, a small town near Frankfurt, to Isaac and Johanna (Leopold) Katz. His father was a horse dealer and later a car dealer. (Boston Globe obit).
* Katz arrived in U.S. in 1938 (from Italy) with his older brother Julius (b. 1910?), and found employment as a sorter of (Persian Lamb) furs. He was drafted into the Army in June 1941, and served as a machine gunner and squad leader with the 182nd Infantry Division in Guadalcanal for one and a half years (Army units relieved Marines); he then volunteered....
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Warner W. K. Katz for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Katz, Warner W. K. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WARNER KATZ.doc)

Revision as of 03:45, 31 August 2026

Warner W. K. Katz
Personal details
Born1919
Died2006
NativityGermany
ReligionJewish
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN32173012
RankStaff Sergeant
Camp RitchieClass 24 (26 October – 29 December 1944)
Section5A
EnlistedCp Upton Yaphank, New York
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Warner W. K. Katz (1919–2006) was a United States Army Staff Sergeant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 24. Warner enlisted at Cp Upton Yaphank, New York.

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Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 87
Nara ASN 32173012
Nara Name KATZ WARNER
Nara State 23
Nara County 61
Nara POE 2314
Nara DOE 100941
Nara Grade Alpha PVT
Nara Grade Code 8
Nara Branch Alpha BI
Nara Branch Code 0
Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment 7
Term of enlistment Enlistment for the Philippine Department
Defer. Date 0
Nara Source 0
Nara Nativity N1
Nara Year of Birth 19
Nara Race J
Nara Race Description White not yet a citizen
Nara Education 4
Nara Civilian Occupation 799
Nara Marital Status 6
Nara Height (inches) 69
Nara Weight (lbs) 154
Class_ASN 32173012
Class_Name KATZ, Warner W.
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both

Sources

  • Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
  • Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)