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Personal info

Full name
BOTTOROFF, Francis Ivan
Date of birth
19 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Neosho, Newton County, Missouri
Hometown
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
39568828
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 October 1945
Place of death
Frankfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 2

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence L. Bottoroff (father)
May (Queener) Bottoroff (mother)
Leonard L. Bottoroff (brother)
Maria Bottoroff (sister)
Eddie Bottoroff (brother)
Raymond L. Bottoroff (brother)
Mary L. (Via) Bottoroff (wife)
Patrick F. Bottoroff (son)

More information

Pfc Francis I. Bottoroff was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 April 1943.

He was injured fatally in a boxing match when he was knocked out by a blow to the head in the second round of a tournament fight. He died later at a hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleah, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com – The Sedalia Democrat Sedalia - 13 November 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Thomas Welsch, www.ancestry.com – Courtney Ragon