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Personal info

Full name
ROEMER, Erwin
Date of birth
9 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16157143
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Steffeshausen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 27

Immediate family

Members
John G. Roemer (father)
Anna Roemer (mother)
John Roemer (brother)

More information

Pfc Erwin Roemer attended was a driver before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 7 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Milwaukee War Memorial Center