Otto Victor Kloza was born in 1919 in Wisconsin. He resided in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on August 29, 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Store Floormen and also as Single, without dependents. Otto served as a Technical Sergeant and Waist Gunner on B-17F "Sondra Kay" #42-5906, 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Otto was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing raid over La Pallice, France, crash landed at Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanyre, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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