T/5 Otto Edward Stenzel
Born: 1912 – Illinois
Parents: Christ & Anna Stenzel
Hometown:
– 306 South Seventh Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Washington School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1932
Selective Service Registration: 10 November 1941
Contact Person: Anna Stenzel – mother
Residence: 1528 North Thirty-third Avenue – Melrose Park, Illinois
Enlisted:
– Unknown
– Illinois National Guard
– 5 March 1942
– U.S. Army
Serial Number: 20606850
Training:
– Fort Knox, Kentucky
Unit: Company E, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Engagements:
– Omaha Beach, France – landed – 14 June 1944
– Normandy, France – June/July 1944
– Lower Normandy – August 1944
Killed in Action:
– 7 August 1944
– Mortain, France, during the German Panzer counter-attack named Operation Luttich. The counter-attack was an attempt to stop the American advance made by Operation Cobra. His unit fought for six days and nights with only one operational radio and two batteries for it.
Buried:
– Normandy American Cemetery
Reburied:
– 24 September 1948 – Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
Medals:
– Purple Heart
