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Personal info

Full name
GOTTLER, Lawrence John Jr
Date of birth
18 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42146861
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 35

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence J. Gottler (father)
Catherine (Papst) Gottler (mother)
George Gottler (brother)
Anthony Gottler (brother)
Peter J. Gottler (brother)
Anna Gottler (sister)
Doris (Tait) Gottler (wife)

More information

Pvt Lawrence J. Gottler Jr. attended Riverside High School for three years and was employed at J.H. Williams & Company.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 June 1944. He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the chest and head.

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 / 1930/1940 Census / Meggison Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery