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Personal info

Full name
GEIMER, Jerome Herman
Date of birth
3 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Adams County, Indiana
Hometown
Decatur, Adams County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-887664
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Raucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 28

Immediate family

Members
Fred Geimer (father)
Margaret (Eitina) Geimer (mother)
Anna C. (Braun) Geimer (stepmother)
Virginia Geimer (sister)
Cornelius Geimer (brother)
Aloysius Geimer (brother)
Raymond Geimer (brother)
Ambrose Geimer (brother)
Justine (Spangler) Geimer (wife)
Margaret A. Geimer (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Jerome H. Geimer was a construction worker at the CR Wermuth and Son Co. before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 1 July 1942.
He was sent overseas in June 1944 and was promoted on the field of battle from technical sergeant to second lieutenant in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Marriages, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - courtesy of Kathy McDermott