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Personal info

Full name
OTHMER, George E
Date of birth
28 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Moscow, Iowa
Hometown
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682907
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 44 31

Immediate family

Members
Edward Othmer (father)
Helen Othmer (mother)
Wesley Othmer (brother)
La Verne Othmer (sister)
Edith (Long) Othmer (wife)
Michael L. Othmer (son)
Richard G. Othmer (son)

More information

Pvt George Othmer graduated from Muscatine High School with the class of 1934.

He was married to Edith Long on 6 February 1939.

He was employed at the Wilson Packing Co. before he enlisted on 3 January 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune