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Personal info

Full name
WENDT, Otto C
Date of birth
28 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan
Hometown
Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36899750
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Fort Koenigsmacker, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Wendt Sr. (father)
Lina A. (Ullman) Wendt (mother)
Albert A. Wendt (brother)
Helena E. L. Wendt (sister)
Frieda H. Wendt (sister)
Charles A. Wendt Jr. (brother)
Ida M. (Lytle) Wendt (wife)
Thomas Wendt (son)
Donna J. Wendt (daughter)
Diana Wendt (daughter)
Margery M. Wendt (daughter)

More information

Pvt Otto C. Wendt enlisted on 17 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Margery M. Wendt-Campbell, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wendt Campbell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Times Herald Michigan - 2 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Bretand Cindy, www.wwiimemorial.com - Margery M. Wendt-Campbell