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Personal info

Full name
RAYMER, Clarence William
Date of birth
29 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Sodus, Wayne County, New York
Hometown
Wayne County, New York

Military service

Service number
42028894
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 10 18

Immediate family

Members
William H. Raymer (father)
Elizabeth Raymer (mother)
Helen Raymer (sister)
Genevieve Raymer (sister)
Paul Raymer (brother)
Virginia K. Raymer (sister)
Howard S. Raymer (brother)
Mary E. Raymer (sister)
Betty Jane Raymer (sister)
William Raymer (brother)

More information

Sgt Clarence W. Raymer attended Lyons High School. He was employed at Wallace-Wagemaker Company.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 11 October 1943 and was was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Avold, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Raymer Family Tree / WWII Draft Card / 1940 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, Rochester Times-Union - 22 February 1945