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Personal info

Full name
KREAMER, John Calvin II
Date of birth
4 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Hutchkiss, Delta County, Colorado
Hometown
DuPage County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36636151
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Walternienburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 2 17

Immediate family

Members
John C. Kreamer I (father)
Esther (Elofson) Kreamer (mother)
Ross A. Kreamer (brother)
Helen K. Kreamer (sister)
Jane Kreamer (wife)

More information

Sgt Kreamer was a graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, and the University of Illinois. He formerly was chief chemist at the Container Corporation of America.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Carla Mans, Ross G. Kreamer Jr.