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Personal info

Full name
GLOTZBACH, Theodore Isidore
Date of birth
31 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Hometown
Newburg, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37199231
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 77

Immediate family

Members
Florian A. Glotzbach (father)
Carrie A. (Haller) Glotzbach (mother)
Omer F. Glotzbach (brother)
Elizabeth L. Glotzbach (sister)
Wilfrid O. Glotzbach (brother)
Marilyn Glotzbach (sister)
Dolores Glotzbach (sister)
Nadine (Tompson) Glotzbach (wife)

More information

At the time of his death the 2nd Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Eisenschmitt, East of Bitburg, Germany. The exact date when Sgt Glotzbach was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

Sgt Theodore I. Glotzbach is remembered at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Newbury, Wabaunsee County, Kansas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem / Connie Langvardt