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Personal info

Full name
BOETTCHER, Alfred John
Date of birth
5 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Mound Prairie, Houston County, Minnesota
Hometown
La Crescent, Houston County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
37589639
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Wingen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 9

Immediate family

Members
Frank T. F. Boettcher (father)
Mary B. (Schumacher) Boettcher (mother)
Gertrude E. Boettcher (sister)
Paul Boettcher (brother)
Herbert Boettcher (brother)
Esther V. Boettcher (sister)
Clara R. Boettcher (sister)
Harold F. Boettcher (brother)
Victor E. Boettcher (brother)
Helmuth W. Boettcher (brother)
Irvin A. Boettcher (brother)
Mildred M. Boettcher (sister)
Gladys I. (Egland) Boettcher (wife)
Sharon L. Boettcher (daughter)
Alan J. Boettcher (son)
Nancy K. Boettcher (daughter)
Mary I. Boettcher (daughter)
Bonnie A. Boettcher (daughter)

More information

Pfc Alfred J. Boettcher was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 14 February 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thigh.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Draz Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The La Crosse Tribune 14 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery