Rank and Name, Private First Class Theodore Altmann Jr.
Unit/Placed in, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marines Division.
Theodore is born approx. on July 29, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois.
Father, Theodore F. Altmann Sr.
Mother, Agnes A. (Lucker) Altmann.
Sister(s), Dorothie L. Florence M. and Elenore A. Altmann.
Brother(s), Edward A. Altmann.
Theodore enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 834275.
Theodore was wounded during the landing on Betio transported to a hospital ship but died of his injuries on Nov. 22, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Theodore is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
