World War II Honoree

Henry Fredrick Otter

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

Spencer W. Wilkinson

Relationship

Nephew

COMPLETED THE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT CARLISLE BARRACKS, PENNSYLVANIA, IN DECEMBER 1942 AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE CORPS. SERVED AT ALLIANCE ARMY AIR HOSPITAL, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA; BAER FIELD, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA; ARMY AIR CORP SCHOOL OF AIR EVACUATION, BOWMAN FIELD, KENTUCKY; AND 802ND AIR EVACUATION SQUADRON IN ITALY AND FRANCE FROM MID-1944 TO THE END OF THE WAR. ALSO SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AT HEADQUARTERS EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE, WIESBADEN, GERMANY. AWARDED AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FIVE BRONZE BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY) FOR HIS SERVICE IN WWII.