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Personal info

Full name
MC DERMOTT, Richard Ziemer
Date of birth
28 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Alachua County, Florida

Military service

Service number
14077363
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Dortmund, Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 18 9

Immediate family

Members
Florence Mc Dermott (mother)
Annette (Levy) Mc Dermott (wife)

More information

Pfc Mc Dermott graduated from Sarasota High School in June 1941 and attended the University of Florida.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in October 1942. He received basic infantry training at Camp Croft, South Carolina., then attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York under the Army Specialized Training Program in engineering. After this training was disolved, he was transferred to the Infantry and received advanced training at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky.

He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 10 April 1945.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, Gordon W. Beale, Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1-may-1945, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#2

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1-may-1945