Name:
Paul Borda Kurtz
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
94th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group
Date of Death:
1918-05-22
State:
Pennslyvania
Cemetery:
St Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt
Plot:
B
Row:
19
Grave:
22
Decoration:
French Croix de Guerre
Comments:
Born September 20, 1893, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Son of William B. and Madge Fulton Kurtz. Educated De Lancey School, Philadelphia, and Harvard University, Class of 1916. Joined American Field Service, August 4, 1915; attached Section One to November 30th. Returned to America and secured college degree. Rejoined Field Service, July 29, 1916, and Section One. Commandant Adjoint, Section Eighteen, April, 1917, to July 25, 1917. Enlisted U. S. Aviation. Trained Pau, France, and Scotland, especially in gunnery. First Lieutenant, attached 94th Aero Squadron. Killed near Toul, returning from first patrol between Pont-à-Mousson and St. Mihiel, May 22, 1918.