Name:
Francis J. Ott
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32135303
Unit:
47th Armored Infantry Battalion, 5th Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-25
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Mount Olivet Cemetery, New York
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Son of Albert B. Ott & Anna M. Green Ott. Francis served as a Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on June 27, 1941, in Buffalo, New York. He was noted as being employed as a Structural and ornamental metal worker and also as Single, without dependents. Francis was ""Killed In Action"" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.