PVT.
HOTTENSTEIN
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Savanna, Ill.,— Pvt. Fred Hottenstein, 20, paratrooper, was wounded in
France, June 25, according to a letter received by-his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hottenstein, Sr., of Chestnut Park.
Hottenstein wrote, from a hospital in England, that he had made eight
parachute jumps since the invasion. He has been in service a year and a
half and has been overseas since December, 1943. |
Frederick D. Hottenstein
SAVANNA, Ill. - Frederick D. Hottenstein, 78, of Savanna, died Saturday,
Oct. 20, 2001, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa
City.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna.
Burial will be in the Savanna Township Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Monday, October
22, 2001, Page: B6
Frederick D. Hottenstein, 78
SAVANNA - Services for Frederick D. Hottenstein, 78, who died Saturday
in University of Iowa Hospitals, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Law-Jones
Funeral Home in Savanna. Burial in Savanna Township Cemetery.
Rockford Register Star (IL) - Monday, October 22,
2001, Page: 10A |
(images courtesy of Dave & Pam Jindrich)
Grave markers for Frederick D.
Hottenstein in the Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna (Carroll county),
Illinois.
Frederick enlisted in the Army on 8 March 1943 and
served in Company H, 508th.
Pvt
Hottenstein was seriously wounded in action on 25 June 44 and was
evacuated to a field hospital. He did not return to the regiment.
He was discharged on 6 August 1945 |