Dmitriy Geltzer was born in Gromokley, Ukraine (USSR), 1919 to Shaya. Prior to WWII he lived in Novo Ukrainka, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Dmitriy was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Tishkovka, Ukraine (USSR), 04/08/1941.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.