Individual Details
Lovell Jennings MENTZER
(21 Jan 1926 - 19 Apr 1945)
Events
| Birth | 21 Jan 1926 | Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 4 Apr 1930 | a 4 1/2 year old male born Kansas and was listed as Lovell J. Mentzer - Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Education | 1942 | Yates Center High School, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Graduation | May 1944 | Yates Center High School, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Military | 6 Jun 1944 | | |||
| Military | Bet Jul 1944 and Apr 1945 |  | | ||
| Death | 19 Apr 1945 | Nuremberg, Germany | | | |
| Burial | Aft 19 Apr 1945 | Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Funeral | 17 Jun 1945 | Methodist Church, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Father | Earnest Everett MENTZER (1880 - 1965) |
| Mother | Edith May DUMOND (1885 - 1961) |
| Sibling | George Edward MENTZER (1911 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Ernest Talmadge MENTZER (1912 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Fleta Francis MENTZER (1914 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Austin Maxwellton MENTZER (1915 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Willard Keith MENTZER (1917 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Merrill Burdette MENTZER (1919 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Norman Laddie MENTZER (1920 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Norryce Franklin MENTZER (1921 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Juanita Winnifred MENTZER (1923 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Donald Dumond MENTZER (1928 - 1988) |
Notes
Military
as Private First Class in the 180 Infantry of the Seventh Army in the European Theatre during World War IIDeath
killed in actionEndnotes
1. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
2. Funeral Card / Memorial Book, (George Mentzer Book),
3. marriage, 15 April 2004, , . , (Mentzer.KS.085).
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2017), memorial for LovellJ. Mentzer (1926-1945), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924575, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, Lovell J. Mentzer.
5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Lovell J Mentzer.
6. 1930 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population Schedule, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 2, sheet 1B, household 12, Earnest E Mentzer; digital iamge, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA T626.
7. 1940, Woodson County Kansas, population, Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, enumeration district (ED) ED 104-2, Sheet 3A, household 48, Earnest O Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); National Archives adn Recods Administration, 1940.T627.
8. United States, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Lovell Mentzer, 1942; digital images, viewed online May 2017).
9. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Two More Woodson County Soldiers Die in Service," The Yates Center News and the Woodson County Post, Thursday, May 3, 1945, page 1 column 6 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.033); ,
10. marriage, 15 April 2004, , . , (Mentzer.KS.085).
11. Funeral Card / Memorial Book, (George Mentzer Book),
12. "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), .
13. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
14. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Two More Woodson County Soldiers Die in Service," The Yates Center News and the Woodson County Post, Thursday, May 3, 1945, page 1 column 6 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.033); ,
15. , History of Woodson County Kansas (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987), "Mentzer, Ernest E." p. 197. Hereinafter cited as History of Woodson County Kansas.
16. Funeral Card / Memorial Book, (George Mentzer Book),
17. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
18. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Two More Woodson County Soldiers Die in Service," The Yates Center News and the Woodson County Post, Thursday, May 3, 1945, page 1 column 6; ,
19. , History of Woodson County Kansas (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987), "Mentzer, Ernest E." p. 197. Hereinafter cited as History of Woodson County Kansas.
20. marriage, 15 April 2004, , . , (Mentzer.KS.085).
21. "PFC Lovell Mentzer Killed in Germany", Yates Center News, (Yates Center, Kansas), 3 May 1945, page 1, microfilm; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.
22. "Memorial Services for Lovell Mentzer", Yates Center News, (Yates Center, Kansas), 14 June 1945, page 1, microfilm; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.
23. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2017), memorial for LovellJ. Mentzer (1926-1945), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924575, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, Lovell J. Mentzer.
24. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
25. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2017), memorial for LovellJ. Mentzer (1926-1945), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924575, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, Lovell J. Mentzer.
26. "Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), Lovell J Mentzer; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92 National Archives at Washington, D.C., microfilm M1916.
27. Funeral Card / Memorial Book, (George Mentzer Book),
28. "Memorial Services for Lovell Mentzer", Yates Center News, (Yates Center, Kansas), 14 June 1945, page 1, microfilm; Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS.