Charles Edward Frantz

1925 - 1943  (18 Jahre)

• Name	Charles Edward Frantz
  Geburt	25 Mai 1925	Schofield, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:I118789
  _UID	5d95b1cceff001e9a239309c23d6b1d3
  _UPD	3 OCT 2019 10:33:58 GMT+1
  Tod	9 Jul 1943	At Sea
  	Ursache: WW II
  Personen-Kennung	I118789	Fritztree
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	29 Jul 2024

  
  

  Vater	Milton Henry Frantz,   geb. 4 Apr 1896, Downsville, Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA gest. 31 Okt 1938, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA (Alter 42 Jahre)
  Mutter	Sigrid Anderson,   geb. 22 Sep 1892, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, USA gest. 3 Feb 1983, Langley, Island County, Washington, USA (Alter 90 Jahre)
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:F39552
  _UID	5d95b127eff001e9a239309c23d6b1d3
  Familien-Kennung	F39552	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte

  Tod - Ursache: WW II - 9 Jul 1943 - At Sea  = Link zu Google Earth

  
  

• Notizen

  Seaman 1st Class CHARLES E. FRANTZ was a US Naval Armed Guard assigned to the Samuel Heintzelman, an American merchant steam ship. The newly built ship was one of the first Liberty ships. On 11 May 1943, Seaman Frantz was on board as the steamer left Charleston, SC bound for Calcutta via the Panama Canal. The unescorted steamer left Fremantle (western Australia) on 1 July 1943, 1 carrying 5644 tons of ammunition and general cargo. After 4 July 1943 the ship was reported missing and was believed to have been sunk by a Japanese surface raider. However, on 9 July 1943 German submarine U-511 spotted the Heintzelman in the Indian Ocean, fired several torpedoes and immediately dived without observing the results. Underwater explosions were heard and when the U-boat surfaced there was only debris floating in the water. Wreckage of the ship was found on an island in the Maldives on 30 Sept 1943, a day after two empty lifeboats had been seen in the vicinity. Nothing else was ever found. There were 42 Merchant Mariners, 27 US Naval Armed Guards and six passengers on board. None survived. Charles Frantz's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.   NOTE: This Memorial lists 7 Jan 1946 as the date of Seaman Frantz's death. Since the ship was "lost," this was the date used to legally declare him dead.