Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Branch: U.S. Army (Air Forces)
Unit: 440th Ordnance Company (Aviation), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), V Bomber Command
Military Honors: Prisonor of War Medal, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: September 7, 1944 - KIA at sea, off the coast of Mindanao, the Philippines
Age: 26
Conflict: World War II, 1939-1945

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Sources
Photo and story details provided by Ms. Jeanie Bowen, T/4 Schulz’s niece.
National Archives: World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
Air & Space Forces Magazine: Disaster in the Philippines
U.S. Army Center of Military History: Philippine Islands
National Archives: Prologue Magazine—American POWs on Japanese Ships Take a Voyage into Hell
BYU Religious Studies Center: Shinyo Maru
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Pvt. Melton F Chapin
American Battle Monuments Commission: Awald M. Schulz
Honor States: Awald M Schulz
Find a Grave: Tec4 Awald Max Schulz