Advertisement

Eugene Clinton Lentz

Advertisement

Eugene Clinton Lentz

Birth
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Feb 1945 (aged 29)
Philippines
Burial
Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
WW II Monument
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
Eugene Clinton Lentz was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania as the 3rd son to Charles Warren Lentz and Minnie Mae Riegle Lentz. He was married to Marie Lannigan on 23 Dec. 1938. They had a son, Michael. Eugene served in the military along with his other 6 brothers. He was an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country when his ship went down around the Philippines during WW II. He was listed as MIA before he was officially declared to have died on 11 Feb 1945.

American Battle Monuments Commission: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea: Tablets of the Missing at Manila; American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Awarded Purple Heart.

http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

Eugene C. Lentz

Ensign, U.S. Navy

Service # 0-327954

United States Naval Reserve

Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 11-Feb-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart

Cenotaph for Ens. Eugene C. Lentz


Brothers:
Clair Riegle Lentz (1910 - 1975)
Richard Riegle Lentz (1912 - 1951)
Eugene Clinton Lentz (1915 - 1945)
Robert Calvin Lentz (1917 - 1997)
Senator William Benjamin Lentz (1920 - 1977)
Paul Jacob Lentz (1922 - 2005)
Carl Coolidge Lentz (1925 - 2006)
Eugene Clinton Lentz was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania as the 3rd son to Charles Warren Lentz and Minnie Mae Riegle Lentz. He was married to Marie Lannigan on 23 Dec. 1938. They had a son, Michael. Eugene served in the military along with his other 6 brothers. He was an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country when his ship went down around the Philippines during WW II. He was listed as MIA before he was officially declared to have died on 11 Feb 1945.

American Battle Monuments Commission: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea: Tablets of the Missing at Manila; American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Awarded Purple Heart.

http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

Eugene C. Lentz

Ensign, U.S. Navy

Service # 0-327954

United States Naval Reserve

Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 11-Feb-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart

Cenotaph for Ens. Eugene C. Lentz


Brothers:
Clair Riegle Lentz (1910 - 1975)
Richard Riegle Lentz (1912 - 1951)
Eugene Clinton Lentz (1915 - 1945)
Robert Calvin Lentz (1917 - 1997)
Senator William Benjamin Lentz (1920 - 1977)
Paul Jacob Lentz (1922 - 2005)
Carl Coolidge Lentz (1925 - 2006)

Gravesite Details

Cenotaph, body never recovered.

Family Members

Parents
Siblings
Children

Other Records

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

See more Lentz memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Explore more

Advertisement