Radioman 3rd Class Dale Edward Schantz

1920 - 1942  (21 years)

• Name	Dale Edward Schantz
  Prefix	Radioman 3rd Class
  Born	7 Sep 1920	Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Feb 1942	onboard USS Houston CA-30, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies   [4]
  Person ID	I238813	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward James Schantz,   b. 8 Feb 1894, Sunman, Ripley County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 24 Jun 1968, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary E. Follick,   b. 1899, Indiana, USA ,   d. 19 Jun 1970, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1918	Indiana, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F84979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Dale E Schantz Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1921 Birthplace: Ohio Race: White Home in 1930: Oxford, Butler, Ohio Map of Home: View Map Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Edward J Schantz Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Name: Mary E Schantz Mother's Birthplace: Indiana [S26] 1940 US Federal Census. [S324] Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Edward Q Schantz Birth Date: 7 Sep 1920 Birth Place: Butler State File Number: 1920085255 Additional Information: Follick [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Dale Edward Schantz (I238813) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I238813&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Please disregard my previous suggestion, the place was in error. After looking at FindAGrave for his burial place, I discovered that, Radioman 3rd Class (RM3) Dale Edward Schantz died when the USS Houston sank during the Battle of Sunda Strait, during WWII. So, the correct information should be; Died: onboard USS Houston CA-30, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies The full story of the sinking was not learned until the survivors were released from Japanese internment, at the end of the war. Of the original crew of 1,168 onboard USS Houston, 368 crew members made it to shore and were captured by the Japanese, 77 died in captivity. 291 survived to the end of the war. RM3 Schantz was one of the 800 who went down with the ship and no remains were recovered. There is a website that gives a list of crew delineating who went down with the ship, who died in captivity and who survived to the end of the war. That website is here; www.usshouston.org Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA [s807] Indiana, Index to Select Marriages, 1780-1992. Name: Mary E Follick Spouse Name: Edward J Schantz Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1918 Marriage County: Franklin