Alfred A. Schimmer
M 1913 - 1945Type | Value |
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Name | Alfred A. Schimmer |
Born | 1913-12-24 Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa |
Gender | M |
Died | 1945-04-18 Near Berlin, Germany |
Buried | American War Cemetery, Margraten, Germany |
Type | Value |
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Father | Henry Thomas Schimmer b. (1888-08-05, Schaller, Sac County, Iowa) d. (1964-07-18, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa) |
Mother | Katherine Mary Erlemeier b. (1892-04-04, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa) d. (1973-09-14, Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa) |
Married | 1931-01-21, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa |
Notes
Possible middle initial was J.
Private First Class, 23rd Battalion, 3rd Armored Division Truck Driver, Headquarters Company Killed in action near Berlin, Germany, Age 31. Purple Heart American War Cemetery, Margraten, Germany Plot B, Row 11, Grave 29
Alfred went trough Normandy beaches of France and trough Belgium and into Germany. While still in England, he wrote of the joy of visiting English orphans with our troops, He drove a truck with the Spearhead Division.
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