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Personal info

Full name
SCHOETTMER, Joseph Henry
Date of birth
3 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35083634
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 24 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Schoettmer (father)
Clara V. (Kipper) Schoettmer (mother)
Loretta Schoettmer (sister)
Eleanor Schoettmer (sister)
Richard C. Schoettmer (brother)
Kenneth W. Schoettmer (brother)
Jean A. (Enneking) Schoettmer (wife)
Kenneth J. Schoettmer (son)
Sharon Schoettmer (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph H. Schoettmer attended high school for one year and was employed at the Red Top Brewery before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 26 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his loin.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Klumpp Family Wurzeln von Cincinnati / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Cincinnati Enquirer 28 December 1944

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