Michael Weyl

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Michael Weyl
Personal details
Born	1917 Switzerland. Parents from Germany
Died	2011
Nativity	Switzerland
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0929742
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 24 (26 October – 29 December 1944)
Section	5A
Team	IPW 215

Teammates

Team — IPW 215

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Michael Weyl (1917–2011) was a Ritchie Boy (from Switzerland; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 24 and served with IPW Team 215.

Biography

Michael attended Student at University of Wisconsin (German Literature) 3 years. He ___ Worked as analyst with Dept of Justice. He served as O/C of IPW Team 215 attached to 12th Army Group. Both her legs were broken by a taxi. So I had to take over what were then still called the American libraries in that land. Their purpose was simply to inform the German population about American civilization, American culture, science across the board. To begin with almost all our books, I would say even all our books, were English language books and some magazines.".

Research notes

• Also 42116268

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	94
Class_ASN	42116268
Class_Name	WEYL, Michael
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 15 September 1917 in Switzerland. Parents from Germany.
• April 1939 — Became naturalized U.S. citizen.
• 15 April 1944 — Enlisted at Fort Dix as Pvt (ASN: 42116268).

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)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2019-09-02 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Michael Weyl for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Weyl, Michael for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: MICHAEL WEYL.doc, MICHAEL WEYL.docx)