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Personal info

Full name
OTTER, Wesley Samuel
Date of birth
14 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
Will, Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36004653
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
14th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 66

Immediate family

Members
Archie Otter (father)
Ollie Otter (mother)
Francis Otter (brother)
Viola Otter (sister)
Katherine Otter (sister)
Patricia Otter (sister)
Lessie L. (Limper) Otter (wife)
Robert Otter (son)

More information

T/5 Wesley S. Otter enlisted in Chicago on 20 February 1941.

He received his schooling at Sunnyside School, near Irving and was a farmhand before he enlisted. He married Lessie Limper on 8 February 1941. She died in October 1942 of complications from the birth of their son Robert, at that time three months old. Wesley was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at Block JJJ, Row 10, Grave 199.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Monty McDaniel, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Old Cardwell Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet