Marriage Record of Anna Kollain to Martin Wetzel

 
While searching for more information on our Kollain ancestors on FamilySearch.org, I found the marriage record for Anna, daughter of Ignatz and Maria Kollain.

Most importantly, this record adds more information regarding the issue of her Maria's maiden name.
See: More Than One Maiden Name?

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Plane Crash takes life of Fred Wetzel

  
Fred "Mac" Wetzel

 

Date: 1952-07-27;

Paper: Trenton Evening Times 

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Another Day...Another Raid

  
1936

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Joining the Canadian Royal Air Corps.

     

09-29-1940    Trenton Evening Times 

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Capt Martin J. Wetzel of Jamesburg, NJ (1913-1941)

 

Martin Joseph Wetzel  

 Born: 1913  New York

Son of Martin Wetzel & Anna Kollain

Pilot, U.S. Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Died: 14-Aug-41

Buried at: Plot G Row 3 Grave 156
Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England

Trenton Evening Times

19 August 1941

(GenealogyBank.com)

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Tombstone Tuesday - Martin J. Wetzel

Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England

 

Martin Joseph Wetzel  

 Born: 1913  New York

Son of Martin Wetzel & Anna Kollain

Pilot, U.S. Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Entered the Service from New Jersey

Died: 14-Aug-41

To clearly photograph the engraving on the marker his name is highlighted with dampened sand taken from the beaches of Normandy.

Buried at Plot G Row 3 Grave 156

Remembering Those That Gave It All

Martin Joseph Wetzel

Pilot, U.S. Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Entered the Service from: New Jersey

Died: 14-Aug-41

Buried at: Plot G Row 3 Grave 156
Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England

Martin wanted to join the fight in WWII before the United States was officially involved and gave his life before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. We recognize his sacrifice and call to serve.

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is one of 14 American WWII military cemeteries erected on foreign soil. It began as a temporary cemetery in 1943 on land donated to the United States by Cambridge University. Buried there are over 3800 American servicemen and women who died during WWII. Included in the memorials in this cemetery is the jazz band leader, Glenn Miller, who died Dec 15, 1944, on his way to Paris to set up a Christmas program. The cemetery is maintained by the American Battlements Monuments Commission.