Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Lammers

First Name: Omer W.

Father's Name: William L. Lammers

Mother's Maiden Name: Emma Kipp

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Death Date: Feb 15, 1945

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Additional: The sad word that the war department had declared their son, T/Sgt. Omer W. Lammers to officially declared dead after being missing in action for a year and a day was received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Lammers, of Botkins route 1. The letter from the war department was signed by Major General Edward F. Ditsell, adjutant general for the army, and was dated February 16, 1946. It was as follows: "Since your son, Technical Sergeant Omer W. Lammers was reported missing in action of February 15, 1945, the war department has entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed surrounding his absence. However, as in many cases, the conditions of warfare deny us such informaiton." Sgt. Lammers enlisted in the army air corps January 18, 1941, and trained at Chanute field, Colo., and Fairmont army air field, Kans. He left for overseas duty in the Pacific on Christmas eve, December 24, 1944, and was assigned to the Marianna islands. He was a flight engineer of the Superfort. He attended New Knoxville school, graduating with the class of 1937, and was employed as a ditching machine operator by the late Ed Holl prior to taking a job at the Goodyear plant in St. Marys from where he enlisted. Omer William Lammers was born on January 9, 1920, near Botkins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Lammers. He is survived by his parents and a sister, Miss Mildred Lammers, at home, and a brother, Richard Lammers, a student at Heidelberg College, Tiffin. He was a member of the Evangelical and Reformed church at New Knoxville. The official action of the war department brought Shelby county's WWII casualty list of killed or died in the service to 7.



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