Name: Seth S Botts
First Name(s): Seth S
Last Name: Botts
Place of birth: Kentucky, Bath Cnty,
Rank: Capt Operations and Training Staff Officer
ASN: O-339785
Company: HQ/3
Unit: 26th IR 3rdBn 1st ID
Reported as: KIA
Date of incident: 26-01-1945
Place of incident: Morsheck (Büllingen)
His story: Capt. Seth S Botts was killed by German mortar fire at the command post of L Company, when he visited Capt Ritter, who was Commanding Officer of L Company.
The intersection of the N 658 and the N 692 where the incident took place was nicknamed “Paratroop Crossroads“.
Capt Seth S. Botts was 3 times awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action in connection with combat operations against the enemy. The third time posthumously.
Capt Botts was also posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Medal for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy, while serving 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on November 22, 1944.
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