Theodore R. Boettcher

NAME: Theodore R. Boettcher

ASN:  16095502

PLACE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF BIRTH: 1920?

DATES OF SERVICE: 04 Sep 1942 -

UNIT ASSIGNED: 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment

CAMPAIGNS: Naples-Foggia

AWARDS: Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, EAME Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal

SUMMARY OF SERVICE:  

04 Sep 1942 - Enlisted at Milwaukee, WI - NARA Enlistment Record

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 16095502 16095502
NAME BOETTCHER#THEODORE#R#### BOETTCHER#THEODORE#R####
RESIDENCE: STATE 22 NEW JERSEY
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 013 ESSEX
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 6359 MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 04 04
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 09 09
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION -VT# Undefined Code
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE 00 Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 77 NORTH DAKOTA
YEAR OF BIRTH 20 20
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 0 Grammar school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 827 Unskilled occupations in fabrication of textile products, n.e.c.
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 6 Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0218 0218
FILM REEL NUMBER 2.75# 2.75#

 

15 Sep 1943 - Captured at Avellino, Italy, Held by  Germany – Stalag 2B Hammerstein, West Prussia, Area 98 North African Theater: Italy

SERIAL NUMBER 16095502 16095502
NAME BOETTCHER THEODORE R BOETTCHER THEODORE R
GRADE, ALPHA PVT Private
GRADE CODE 8 Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
SERVICE CODE 1 ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE INF Infantry
ARM OR SERVICE CODE 10 INF: INFANTRY
DATE REPORT: DAY (DD) 15 15
DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM) 09 09
DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y) 3 1943
RACIAL GROUP CODE 1 WHITE
STATE OF RESIDENCE 22 New Jersey
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 160 Parachute Infantry
PARENT UNIT NUMBER 0509 0509
PARENT UNIT TYPE 06 Group/Regiment/Commands/System
AREA 98 North African Theatre: Italy
LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD) 06 06
LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM) 06 06
LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y) 5 1945
SOURCE OF REPORT 1 Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
STATUS 8 Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
DETAINING POWER 1 GERMANY
CAMP 003 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17
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