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Personal info

Full name
CIMPERMAN, William Richard
Date of birth
14 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058109
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 32

Immediate family

Members
Matthew Cimperman (father)
Jennie (Lipovic) Cimperman (mother)
Dorothy Cimperman (sister)
Anna Cimperman (sister)
Frank L. Cimperman (brother)

More information

Pvt William R. Cimperman attended East Technical High School and was employed at Parker Appliance Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 7 April 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Pvt Cimperman was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, Enakopravnost - 27 January 1945, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 24 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 24 January 1945