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Personal info

Full name
HOLTZER, Martin
Date of birth
21 January 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42130312
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Sportplatze in Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Holtzer (father)
Fanny (Federyrin) Holtzer (mother)
May Holtzer (sister)
Irving Holtzer (brother)
Victor Holtzer (brother)
Annie (Schectman) Holtzer (wife)
Susan J. Holtzer (daughter)

More information

Pvt Martin Holtzer enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 5 April 1944.

His father and mother were born in Austria.

One photo shows Pvt Holzer with his daughter Susan, who was five years old when her father died.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees / New York Guard Service Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Holtzer (daughter)