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Personal info

Full name
GEMEINER, Richard W
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
13156594
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 37 16

Immediate family

Members
William J. Gemeiner (father)
Anna (Bertoldus) Gemeiner (mother)
Jane G. Gemeiner (sister)
Ruth L. Gemeiner (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Richard W. Gemeiner attended college for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at the Pennsylvania State College on 26 October 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy