Floyd Randall Waltz Jr. 
M, (19 September 1917 - 28 December 1997)
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- 10th great-grandson of Hans Kiess
6th great-grandson of Hans Peter Walz
Floyd Randall Waltz Jr. was born on 19 September 1917 at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Floyd Randall Waltz and Isabel Archer Pierce. Floyd Randall Waltz Jr. married, at age 22, Doris Dorothy Marsh, age 19 on Tuesday, 2 January 1940 at Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. Floyd Randall Waltz Jr. died on 28 December 1997 at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, at age 80 years, 3 months and 9 days.
He Floyd Randall Waltz, Jr. amassed a significant amount of genealogical data concerning his ancestry after his retirement from the Army in 1967. His son, Floyd Randall Waltz, III inhereted his 'voluminous files and records, which fill approximately a dozen large crates.' This lineage stems from John George Waltz (b. 8 Aug 1776) who came to America with his family in 1804. They arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, and settled near Mill Creek, Pennsylvania. His family proceeded to settle the area in the hills bordering the Susquehanna River around Williamsport, Pennsylvania. John George Waltz was from Württemburg, in southern Germany, and he and other members of the family fled north, and then accross the Atlantic after coming into conflicts with the rigid demands of the Napoleonic military service. This resulted in severe persecution and imprisonment for other members of the Waltz family who resisted.
Prior to his death in 1997, Floyd Randall Waltz, Jr. had made several trips to Germany tracing the Waltz family lineage. He was able to locate old church and other records tracing the family tree direct to the 1100's before some breaks and question marks appear. Communities in southern Germany from which the Waltz family trace include Wurtemburg, Vaihingen, Boblingen, and then Walburg as the root location. The Waltz's were primarily military men and farmers.
MILITARY: A graduate of West Point, Class of 1914. Veteran of four wars, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam.
Highly decorated including the Bronze Star with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Legion of Merit. During WWII, he was a tanker serving the 191st Tank Battalion. He saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. He was proud of his fighting unit whose motto was 'Treat 'em Rough.' The 191st Tank Battalion saw more action than any other fighting unit in WWII. The 191st also lost more tanks and more men than any other tank battalion. Colonel Waltz also participated in 4 beach landings during WWII. He was promoted to the battalion executive officer in North Africa and became the temporary battalion commander after the hotly contested beach landing at Anzio. Colonel Waltz received a battlefield promotion during World War I to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel for gallantry in action in the Bois de Foret.
After WWII, Col. Waltz attended college and then worked for the United Nations with the IRO (International Refugee Organization) in Germany during the late 1940's. When the Korean conflict erupted, he returned to active duty. After Korea, Col. Waltz served as the Deputy G-4 at 3rd Army HQ at Fort McPherson, GA. He then served 3 years on the general Staff at the Pentagon as a logistics expert. In 1960, Col. Waltz was assigned to HQ USAEUR in Heidelburg, Germany where he was the Deputy Inspector General for all nuclear weapons in Europe and the Middle East. From there he became the 7th Army Nuclear Weapons Officer at 7th Army HQ in Stuttgart, Germany. He then served as Chief of Concepts Division, Combat Development Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. After another tour of duty in Seoul, Korea, where he made several trips to Vietnam, Col. Waltz retired with full medical disability from 7th Army HQ at Ft. Sheridan, IL. Col. Waltz was also a graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College. Retired from the U.S. Army November 29, 1967 as a Colonel USA - SN-081315.
EDUCATION: College Degree from the University of New Mexico.
AFFILIATIONS: MENSA; Son of the Mayflower.
He Floyd Randall Waltz, Jr. amassed a significant amount of genealogical data concerning his ancestry after his retirement from the Army in 1967. His son, Floyd Randall Waltz, III inhereted his 'voluminous files and records, which fill approximately a dozen large crates.' This lineage stems from John George Waltz (b. 8 Aug 1776) who came to America with his family in 1804. They arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, and settled near Mill Creek, Pennsylvania. His family proceeded to settle the area in the hills bordering the Susquehanna River around Williamsport, Pennsylvania. John George Waltz was from Württemburg, in southern Germany, and he and other members of the family fled north, and then accross the Atlantic after coming into conflicts with the rigid demands of the Napoleonic military service. This resulted in severe persecution and imprisonment for other members of the Waltz family who resisted.
Prior to his death in 1997, Floyd Randall Waltz, Jr. had made several trips to Germany tracing the Waltz family lineage. He was able to locate old church and other records tracing the family tree direct to the 1100's before some breaks and question marks appear. Communities in southern Germany from which the Waltz family trace include Wurtemburg, Vaihingen, Boblingen, and then Walburg as the root location. The Waltz's were primarily military men and farmers.
MILITARY: A graduate of West Point, Class of 1914. Veteran of four wars, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam.
Highly decorated including the Bronze Star with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Legion of Merit. During WWII, he was a tanker serving the 191st Tank Battalion. He saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. He was proud of his fighting unit whose motto was 'Treat 'em Rough.' The 191st Tank Battalion saw more action than any other fighting unit in WWII. The 191st also lost more tanks and more men than any other tank battalion. Colonel Waltz also participated in 4 beach landings during WWII. He was promoted to the battalion executive officer in North Africa and became the temporary battalion commander after the hotly contested beach landing at Anzio. Colonel Waltz received a battlefield promotion during World War I to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel for gallantry in action in the Bois de Foret.
After WWII, Col. Waltz attended college and then worked for the United Nations with the IRO (International Refugee Organization) in Germany during the late 1940's. When the Korean conflict erupted, he returned to active duty. After Korea, Col. Waltz served as the Deputy G-4 at 3rd Army HQ at Fort McPherson, GA. He then served 3 years on the general Staff at the Pentagon as a logistics expert. In 1960, Col. Waltz was assigned to HQ USAEUR in Heidelburg, Germany where he was the Deputy Inspector General for all nuclear weapons in Europe and the Middle East. From there he became the 7th Army Nuclear Weapons Officer at 7th Army HQ in Stuttgart, Germany. He then served as Chief of Concepts Division, Combat Development Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. After another tour of duty in Seoul, Korea, where he made several trips to Vietnam, Col. Waltz retired with full medical disability from 7th Army HQ at Ft. Sheridan, IL. Col. Waltz was also a graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College. Retired from the U.S. Army November 29, 1967 as a Colonel USA - SN-081315.
EDUCATION: College Degree from the University of New Mexico.
AFFILIATIONS: MENSA; Son of the Mayflower.
Children of Floyd Randall Waltz Jr. and Doris Dorothy Marsh
Last Edited=22 Apr 2006