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Personal info

Full name
ZIEMER, George J
Date of birth
31 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37170983
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
10 May 1945
Place of death
Teplitz, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Emil Ziemer (father)
Emma (Schilling) Ziemer (mother)
Herman E. Ziemer (brother)
Ruth E. Ziemer (sister)
Arlene D. Ziemer (sister)
Carrol B. Ziemer (sister)

More information

Pfc George J. Ziemer was employed by the American Steel and Wire Company before he enlisted.

He died as a prisoner of war in Stalag IV-C.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he went missing and was presumed dead. His remains are to date never recovered.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel / Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Duluth Minnesota