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Personal info

Full name
FRITZMEIER, Robert William
Date of birth
9 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35930031
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 23

Immediate family

Members
William Fritzmeier (father)
Viela E.W. (Ahlhauser) Fritzmeier (mother)
Richard Fritzmeier (brother)
Dorothy Fritzmeier (sister)
John Fritzmeier (brother)
Frederick H. Fritzmeier (brother)
Alice (Allen) Fritzmeier (wife)
Billy Fritzmeier (son)

More information

Sgt Robert W. Fritzmeier enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 July 1944.

He attended college for 4 years. Before his enlistment he was an N. Y. A. manager. After he was inducted Sgt Fritzmeier spent Thanksgiving Day in Hillsboro with his wife and three-year-old son. Late in December he was sent overseas and shortly after his arrival in Europe was moved up to the front battle line. Fritzmeier was recently promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

His brother 2nd Lt Fred H. Fritzmeier was reported killed in action in Italy in June 1944. He is buried at Florence American Cemetery, Italy. Two other brothers were in the U.S. Navy, one serving as a chaplain in the Pacific theater and one being stationed somewhere in the Mediterrainean.

Sgt Robert W. Fritzmeier was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Press-Gazette 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Oberlin Alumni Magazine - June 1945, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbook Oberlin, Ohio, 1935