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Personal info

Full name
ROTHMAYER, Kenneth M
Date of birth
2 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Saratoga County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1012107
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 1

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth Rothmayer (father)
Beatrice Rothmayer (mother)
Alan Rothmayer (brother)
Beatrice Rothmayer (sister)
Helen P. Rothmayer (wife)

More information

Kenneth M. Rothmayer was a reporter.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New York on 5 February 1942.

1st Lt Rothmayer was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org