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Personal info

Full name
MORTIMER, John C
Date of birth
15 January 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42090525
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
22nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Chenogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 18

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Mortimer (father)
Rose (Webber) Mortimer (mother)
Elizabeth P. (Peacock) Mortimer (wife)

More information

Pfc John C. Mortimer was married to Elizabeth P. Peacock on 2 May 1934.

He was a graduate of the Aquinas Institute and worked for the Rochester Bank for 15 years before he enlisted on 8 December 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / New York U.S. County Marriage Records 1847-1849 1907-1936 / New York State Birth Index 1881-1942, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen