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Personal info

Full name
SPIEKERMAN, Ramon Carl
Date of birth
12 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36975930
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 19

Immediate family

Members
Arthur L. Spiekerman (father)
Frances L. (Sommers) Spiekerman (mother)
Eunice A. Spiekerman (sister)
Charles A. Spiekerman (brother)
Harley R. Spiekerman (brother)
Glenn L. Spiekerman (brother)
Verne D. Spiekerman (brother)
Verna M. Spiekerman (sister)
Ina L. Spiekerman (sister)
Ida L. Spiekerman (sister)

More information

Ramon Spiekerman graduated from Saginaw High School.

Per Ewing Haynie, Company B, 273rd Infantry: Ramon was killed when he stepped off the edge of a blown bridge near midnight. Haynie was right behind him when this occurred.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Gary Ramon Spiekerman (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Brownlee Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.69th-infantry-division.com, Saginaw Library; 69th Infantry Division Newsletter, 1996

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Brownlee Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Randy, Fred, https://familysearch.org/photos/people/4101558, 69th Infantry Division Newsletter - Jan-April 1996 (page 42)