Name:
Jack Martin Seitzinger
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
35900872
Unit:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-20
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Plot:
F
Row:
4
Grave:
23
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Jack Martin Seitzinger was born on October 25, 1925, in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. He was the son of Martin Delbert Seitzinger and Zilphia May Dunlap Seitzinger.
Jack served in Company I, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt Seitzinger is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.