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Personal info

Full name
OTENBAKER, George E
Date of birth
5 April 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36586605
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Bulldozer Driver
Unit
A Company,
298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Wissen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 13 5

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Otenbaker (father)
Margaret M. (Kane) Otenbaker (mother)
Lillian M. Otenbaker (sister)
Joseph Otenbaker (brother)
Harold F. Otenbaker (brother)
Edith M. Otenbaker (sister)
Beatrice (McHugh) Otenbaker (wife)

More information

A Company was ordered to construct a Bailey Bridge across the Sieg River at Wissen, Germany. The bridge site was heavily mined. T/5 George Otenbaker was killed by a mine which exploded when his bulldozer passed over it.

In one photo left to right: Francis McDonnell (with hat), Lillian Otenbaker McDonnell, baby Marilyn McDonnell, George Otenbaker and his wife, Beatrice McHugh Otenbaker.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.basher82.nl, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / Family Trees / Michigan Marriage Reord, 298th Engineer Combat Battalion Unit History and Journal Entry 7 April 1945, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.basher82.nl, The Otenbaker Family