PFC Louis John Turzer was born 16 Apr 1908 in Chicago, Illinois the 2nd of 5 children born to Louis and Marie (Schnirer) Turzer. Both parents had immigrated from Eastern Europe. His father worked as a teamster for a grocery and as a shipping clerk to support the family but died in April 1923 at the age of 46. Louis got a job as a laborer in a publishing company and in July 1930 married Theresa Wanda Hendricks. The couple had a son in March 1933. By 1940 Louis was working as a pressman for Herald-American earning a reported 1939 income of $1548 and renting an apartment in the rear of 2860 Woodard Street in Chicago.
Louis was probably drafted in late 1943 or early 1944. He was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry on 13 Aug 1944 to serve as a rifleman. PFC Turzer was wounded on 5 Sep 1944 in the outskirts of Brest, France and evacuated to hospital where he died on 11 Sep 1944.
PFC Turzer is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.
Son, James Patrick Turzer, served in the U.S. Army in Korea.
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