Husband of Gertrude Eloise HOHNEISE (1902-1966)
Son of John Michael TROUT and Johannetta "Nettie" KLUG.
2d Lt. Otto Frederick TROUT served with the 42nd Infantry Division ("Rainbow Division"), US Army in France during WW-I.
The Rainbow Division saw its first action in February 1918 fighting alongside the French. The battles continued throughout the following months and on July 14, 1918, the final German offensive was contained by the 4th French Army, in which the Rainbow Division played a prominent role at the famous Battle of the Champagne. Many bloody battles and great victories followed until the Germans were finally defeated. Battles included those in the Chateau-Thierry salient; St. Mihiel; Verdun front and Argonne, where the 42ID engaged in the final battle of WW I. German occupation duty followed.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Otto moved his family to Washington, DC in about 1936 where he worked for the Treasury Dept, then worked for many years as Lt. of Guards at the National Art Gallery.
Otto F. TROUT died at the Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, WV in 1966.
Son of John Michael TROUT and Johannetta "Nettie" KLUG.
2d Lt. Otto Frederick TROUT served with the 42nd Infantry Division ("Rainbow Division"), US Army in France during WW-I.
The Rainbow Division saw its first action in February 1918 fighting alongside the French. The battles continued throughout the following months and on July 14, 1918, the final German offensive was contained by the 4th French Army, in which the Rainbow Division played a prominent role at the famous Battle of the Champagne. Many bloody battles and great victories followed until the Germans were finally defeated. Battles included those in the Chateau-Thierry salient; St. Mihiel; Verdun front and Argonne, where the 42ID engaged in the final battle of WW I. German occupation duty followed.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Otto moved his family to Washington, DC in about 1936 where he worked for the Treasury Dept, then worked for many years as Lt. of Guards at the National Art Gallery.
Otto F. TROUT died at the Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, WV in 1966.
Husband of Gertrude Eloise HOHNEISE (1902-1966)
Son of John Michael TROUT and Johannetta "Nettie" KLUG.
2d Lt. Otto Frederick TROUT served with the 42nd Infantry Division ("Rainbow Division"), US Army in France during WW-I.
The Rainbow Division saw its first action in February 1918 fighting alongside the French. The battles continued throughout the following months and on July 14, 1918, the final German offensive was contained by the 4th French Army, in which the Rainbow Division played a prominent role at the famous Battle of the Champagne. Many bloody battles and great victories followed until the Germans were finally defeated. Battles included those in the Chateau-Thierry salient; St. Mihiel; Verdun front and Argonne, where the 42ID engaged in the final battle of WW I. German occupation duty followed.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Otto moved his family to Washington, DC in about 1936 where he worked for the Treasury Dept, then worked for many years as Lt. of Guards at the National Art Gallery.
Otto F. TROUT died at the Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, WV in 1966.
Son of John Michael TROUT and Johannetta "Nettie" KLUG.
2d Lt. Otto Frederick TROUT served with the 42nd Infantry Division ("Rainbow Division"), US Army in France during WW-I.
The Rainbow Division saw its first action in February 1918 fighting alongside the French. The battles continued throughout the following months and on July 14, 1918, the final German offensive was contained by the 4th French Army, in which the Rainbow Division played a prominent role at the famous Battle of the Champagne. Many bloody battles and great victories followed until the Germans were finally defeated. Battles included those in the Chateau-Thierry salient; St. Mihiel; Verdun front and Argonne, where the 42ID engaged in the final battle of WW I. German occupation duty followed.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Otto moved his family to Washington, DC in about 1936 where he worked for the Treasury Dept, then worked for many years as Lt. of Guards at the National Art Gallery.
Otto F. TROUT died at the Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, WV in 1966.
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