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TEC 5 Godfrey Zotter Ollmetzer

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TEC 5 Godfrey Zotter Ollmetzer Veteran

Birth
Burgenland, Austria
Death
25 Jan 1945 (aged 34)
Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Burial
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
7, 2205
Memorial ID
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TEC 5, Ollmetzer, Godfrey Zotter
Service number: 32000986

Age: 35
Born: November 1, 1910, Burgenland, Austria

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family: Not available

Rank: Technician 5th Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: January 25, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Saint Vith, Belgium
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: 7-2205
Cemetery: Mobile National Cemetery Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA

Date of enlistment: January 8, 1941, New York City
Other information:
Emigrated to New York on the ship SS Breman, January 15, 1926. Sworn in on February 3, 1933.
His Internment papers and grave marker are inaccurate. They should read 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division.
Interred in Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA on June 28, 1949.
TEC 5, Ollmetzer, Godfrey Zotter
Service number: 32000986

Age: 35
Born: November 1, 1910, Burgenland, Austria

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family: Not available

Rank: Technician 5th Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: January 25, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Saint-Vith, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Spot: Saint Vith, Belgium
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: 7-2205
Cemetery: Mobile National Cemetery Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA

Date of enlistment: January 8, 1941, New York City
Other information:
Emigrated to New York on the ship SS Breman, January 15, 1926. Sworn in on February 3, 1933.
His Internment papers and grave marker are inaccurate. They should read 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division.
Interred in Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA on June 28, 1949.

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