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RIMMER, Henry Edmond - Date of
birth
8 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri -
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37726859 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Neuf–Brisach, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 22 | 25 |
Immediate family
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Members
B.E. Rimmer (father)
Ethel D. Rimmer (mother)
William E. Rimmer (brother)
E. Nadine Rimmer (sister)
Maxine Rimmer (sister)
Harold L. Rimmer (brother)
Loraine Rimmer (sister)
More information
Pvt Henry E. Rimmer worked in the machine shop of the Jones Store.He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 16 November 1943.
From December 1944 to January 1945 he was hospitalized for wounds at his eye and thorax caused by artillery shell fragments.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head.
Pvt Rimmer is remembered at Big Springs Christian Church Cemetery in Hilldale, Howard County, Missouri with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / 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 / Southerland