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Personal info

Full name
CAMINER, Ernest Peter
Date of birth
7 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Munich, Germany
Hometown
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38557304
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 40

Immediate family

Members
Curt Caminer (father)
Elsa (Reiter) Caminer (mother)
Hans J. Caminer (brother)

More information

Pvt Ernest P. Caminer graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School (San Antonio) in 1942 and attended the University of Texas.

He traveled to the U.S. with his brother Hans, where they arrived on 31 December 1940. Their parents came to the U.S from Grenoble, France through Portugal on 10 March 1941. They where Hebrew therefore fled Germany.

Pvt Caminer was drafted on 30 June 1942.

In the photo ot the two brothers - it is Ernest on the left and his brother, Hans on the right.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Thomas Jefferson High School 1942, San Antonio Light - 22 January 1941