WWII US Army Medal Lot – Mike Paul Benz – Bronze Star Named – Early Serial Numbered Purple Heart – Wounded by MG Fire September 1944 France

Description

I was able to find some details on the owner. It seems his father was from Czechoslovakia  and immigrated to the USA.

Name: Mike P Benz
Birth Date 27 Apr 1922
Death Date 25 Jun 1993
Cause of Death Natural
SSN 285127284
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 18 Dec 1942
Discharge Date 30 Nov 1945

Wounded

Name Mike P Benz
Race White, includes Mexican (White)
Rank Enlisted Man
Admission Age 22
Birth Date abt 1922
Admission Date Sep 1944
Discharge Date Dec 1944
Military Branch Infantry, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis FirstLocation: Metacarpal bones and Phalanges: Phalanges, generally; CausativeAgent: Bullet, Machine Gun
Type of Injury Casualty, battle
Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts
Injured in Line of Duty In line of duty
Type of Discharge Duty
Length of Service 1 Year(s), 9, 10 OR 11 MONTHS Month(s)

Sadly I was unable to locate any record for the Bronze Star, it is likely the wounding took place in France in September of 1944.