The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1972
Private Manfred Kranz Record no. 018155 · The 5th Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 13 November 1972
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 018155
Record of service
- Name
- Manfred Kranz
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 5th Marsh Regiment, depot at Tarnmund
- Date of loss
- 13 November 1972
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 30
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 13 November 1972
1. Entered from the depot at Tarnmund. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Claim a casualty pension For the widow or widower, the parents or the dependent children. Roll number 18155. No fee.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 11 September 1942, at Niederbruck, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: farmer, of Niederbruck.
Next of kin
| child | Viktor Kranz | born 1969 | shop assistant | |
| child | Manfred Kranz | born 1971 | chemist | |
| child | Claudia Kranz | born 1972 | carpenter | |
| father | Hugo Kranz | born 1907, died 1956 | labourer | |
| mother | Ilse Wendl | born 1912, died 1991 | railwayman | |
| spouse | Nadja Sturholt | born 1939, died 1997 | banker | married 11 March 1969 |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.