Frank Sternberg

Frank Sternberg
Personal details
Birth name	Franz
Born	1912
Died	2013
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32632793
Rank	Sergeant
Camp Ritchie	Class 5 (8 February – 9 April 1943)
Section	9
Enlisted	New York City, New York

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Frank Sternberg (1912–2013), also known as Franz, was a German-born United States Army sergeant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 5.

Biography

Frank Sternberg (also known as Franz) was born in 1912 in Germany and later lived in New York. He enlisted in the United States Army at New York City and trained at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 5.

By November 1943 he was corresponding from Alexandria, Virginia, as a corporal. Chapman brothers coin-and-medal business papers preserved at Internet Archive place him at Camp Ritchie as a sergeant in December 1945. Sternberg died in 2013.

Research notes

• Also Class 5 OB
• Archive packet is Chapman business correspondence (coins/medals), not a spoken oral-history interview; it nonetheless places Sternberg at Alexandria (1943) and Camp Ritchie (1945).

Gallery

• 
  Chapman brothers letter to Corp. Frank Sternberg, Alexandria, Virginia, 9 November 1943 (Internet Archive sternbergfranksg00ster).

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	101
Nara ASN	32632793
Nara Name	STERNBERG FRANK
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	171142
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	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	12
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	6
Nara Civilian Occupation	68
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	65
Nara Weight (lbs)	140
Class_ASN	32632793
Class_Name	STERNBERG, Franz
match_method	asn_exact_name_compatible
row_source	both

Timeline

• 1912 — Born in Germany (roster / NARA year).
• Enlisted at New York City, New York (NARA).
• Trained at Camp Ritchie in Class 5 (roster).
• 9 November 1943 — Addressed as Corp. Frank Sternberg at Alexandria, Virginia (Chapman correspondence).
• December 1945 — Addressed as Frank Sternberg / Sgt. at Camp Ritchie, Maryland (Chapman correspondence).
• 2013 — Died.

Sources

• Internet Archive: Sternberg, Frank, Sgt. 1943–1945 (Alexandria, Virginia; and Camp Ritchie, Maryland) — ANS Chapman brothers business correspondence
• 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)