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Personal info

Full name
REIMER, Charlie A
Date of birth
1906
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Texas

Military service

Service number
18031402
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Lausdell, Northeast of Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 7

Immediate family

Members
William M. Reimer (father)
Mary Reimer (mother)
Will Reimer (brother)
Phillip Reimer (brother)
Leta Reimer (sister)
John Reimer (brother)
Walter Reimer (brother)
Homer Reimer (brother)
Ella Reimer (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Charlie A. Reimer joined the Regular Army in Austin, Texas on 7 October 1940. He was a farmer before he joined the army. He was shot through the throat by enemy fire.

His brother, Pvt Homer F. Reimer was killed in July, 1944 and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in France.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet