Burton Christ Holtzman
Graduating
Class of 1938
Served in
World War II
Staff Sergeant
Burton Christ Holtzman
Army Air Forces
34th Bombardment Group
4th Bombardment Squadron
Hometown
Rock Springs, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
North Sea
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Oak Hill Cemetery, North Freedom, WI
More About Staff Sergeant Holtzman
Prior to enlisting, Staff Sergeant Holtzman was the shipping manager of Sprague-Dawley Inc. in Madison.
He was a nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber. Ssg. Holtzman is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery. He received the Presidential citation, Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, and ETO ribbon with two stars. He was killed while bailing out of a damaged aircraft and was never seen again.