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Personal info

Full name
BESTGEN, Otto Gregory
Date of birth
4 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota
Hometown
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37600939
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Near Erlach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 35 34

Immediate family

Members
August G. Bestgen (father)
Dorothea C. (Diehl) Bestgen (mother)
Bertha A. Bestgen (sister)
Evelyn M. Bestgen (sister)
Angela M. Bestgen (sister)
Dorothy H. Bestgen (sister)
Ernest J. Bestgen (brother)
Louise C. Bestgen (sister)
Monica P. Bestgen (sister)
Delores J. Bestgen (sister)
Corrina A. Bestgen (sister)

More information

Pfc Otto G. Bestgen worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 28 July 1944 and was sent overseas on 4 January 1945.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for actions near Gondelsheim, Germany 3 March 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Company D / 4th ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Philip Bestgen, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Stolz Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / Public member stories, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com