William R. Kramer
Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 03/03/1945
William Robert Kramer was born in North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey on May 24, 1926.
He was drafted into the Army on
August 31, 1944, at Newark, New Jersey. His home of residence
was listed as Union County, New Jersey. He had completed three
years of High School
and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as
Protestant.
He was assigned to Company A from the 48th Replacement Battalion on February 8, 1945.
Private Kramer was killed in action in Germany in an area south of Weinsheim on March 3, 1945.
Clipping by Jaap Vermeer from the Find A Grave website
Decorations of William R. Kramer
William R. Kramer was buried in
the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in New Jersey.
Burial:
Springdale Methodist Church Cemetery
Springdale (Somerset County)
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA
Grave marker for William R. Kramer
Photo by Celeste Simmons from the Find A Grave website
Top photo by Jaap Vermeer from the Find A Grave website
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