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.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.