A memorial to those who served in the 116th Infantry Regiment, "The Stonewall Brigade"
Friday, March 3, 2017
SSG Karl Henry Metz
SSG
Karl Henry Metz, b. 3 Oct 1916 - d. 3 Mar 1945. Son of Frederick and Julia
Ann (Snyder) Metz, Karl was born in Coshocton, Ohio. This is his high
school photo from the 1930 Coshocton High School annual. He worked as a laborer
and salesman in Philadelphia and St. Louis. It was in St. Louis where
he met his wife, Helen D Gerhard a nurse from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. They were
married before he went overseas where he served with both A and B
Companies, 116th Infantry before being killed. SSG Metz is buried in
the Ardennes American Cemetery. Helen never remarried and worked for
many years in nursing in the Hazleton area before retiring and moving to
Harrisburg where she died, aged 94, in 2011.
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