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Personal info

Full name
BOETTCHER, Robert Otto
Date of birth
7 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconson
Hometown
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36285744
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 14

Immediate family

Members
Otto Boettcher (father)
Emma (Laehn) Boettcher (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert O. Boettcher enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 25 November 1942.
He attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Appleton Public Library Obituary Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jacob Paltzer, Chris