William A. Klingerman was a son of Samuel Edward Klingerman (1883-1947) and Bridget McCloskey (1887-1960).
He graduated from St. Gabriel's High School in 1940 where he was a football star. He entered military service 18 Jan 1942.
He was reported missing in action in Africa as of 30 Apr 1943, and was a member of the famous 16th Infantry which took part in the invasion of North Africa.
His parents later received notification from the War Department that he was dead. In 1944, they received the Purple Heart medal posthumously for their son.
In May 1949, his remains were returned to the United States aboard the U.S. Army Transport John L. McLarly.
He was originally interred in a temporary military cemetery in North Africa.
- Newspaper sources from Newspapers.com: Plain Speaker, Hazleton, 9 Mar 1944, Purple Heart Medal Received, pg 16, col 3,
- Wilkes-Barre Record, 28 May 1949, Bodies of 8 Heroes Arrive, pg 6 col 1.
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PVT CO C 1ST INF DIV 16TH REG
WORLD WAR II
~ Note: Back of this application it mentions that dod is May 1st, 1943. I put the information that is on the front of the card. If anyone photographs for this memorial and posts a photo. Please note if the date of death is different than what I have put in the date of death fields, if the marker does not match what is entered here, please send me an edit request and I will correct it. Thanks in advance.
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Brother: John Robert Klingerman 166102643
Birth: Nov. 9, 1926
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 6, 1927
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
He graduated from St. Gabriel's High School in 1940 where he was a football star. He entered military service 18 Jan 1942.
He was reported missing in action in Africa as of 30 Apr 1943, and was a member of the famous 16th Infantry which took part in the invasion of North Africa.
His parents later received notification from the War Department that he was dead. In 1944, they received the Purple Heart medal posthumously for their son.
In May 1949, his remains were returned to the United States aboard the U.S. Army Transport John L. McLarly.
He was originally interred in a temporary military cemetery in North Africa.
- Newspaper sources from Newspapers.com: Plain Speaker, Hazleton, 9 Mar 1944, Purple Heart Medal Received, pg 16, col 3,
- Wilkes-Barre Record, 28 May 1949, Bodies of 8 Heroes Arrive, pg 6 col 1.
•༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻•
PVT CO C 1ST INF DIV 16TH REG
WORLD WAR II
~ Note: Back of this application it mentions that dod is May 1st, 1943. I put the information that is on the front of the card. If anyone photographs for this memorial and posts a photo. Please note if the date of death is different than what I have put in the date of death fields, if the marker does not match what is entered here, please send me an edit request and I will correct it. Thanks in advance.
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Brother: John Robert Klingerman 166102643
Birth: Nov. 9, 1926
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 6, 1927
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
William A. Klingerman was a son of Samuel Edward Klingerman (1883-1947) and Bridget McCloskey (1887-1960).
He graduated from St. Gabriel's High School in 1940 where he was a football star. He entered military service 18 Jan 1942.
He was reported missing in action in Africa as of 30 Apr 1943, and was a member of the famous 16th Infantry which took part in the invasion of North Africa.
His parents later received notification from the War Department that he was dead. In 1944, they received the Purple Heart medal posthumously for their son.
In May 1949, his remains were returned to the United States aboard the U.S. Army Transport John L. McLarly.
He was originally interred in a temporary military cemetery in North Africa.
- Newspaper sources from Newspapers.com: Plain Speaker, Hazleton, 9 Mar 1944, Purple Heart Medal Received, pg 16, col 3,
- Wilkes-Barre Record, 28 May 1949, Bodies of 8 Heroes Arrive, pg 6 col 1.
•༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻•
PVT CO C 1ST INF DIV 16TH REG
WORLD WAR II
~ Note: Back of this application it mentions that dod is May 1st, 1943. I put the information that is on the front of the card. If anyone photographs for this memorial and posts a photo. Please note if the date of death is different than what I have put in the date of death fields, if the marker does not match what is entered here, please send me an edit request and I will correct it. Thanks in advance.
•༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻•
Brother: John Robert Klingerman 166102643
Birth: Nov. 9, 1926
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 6, 1927
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
He graduated from St. Gabriel's High School in 1940 where he was a football star. He entered military service 18 Jan 1942.
He was reported missing in action in Africa as of 30 Apr 1943, and was a member of the famous 16th Infantry which took part in the invasion of North Africa.
His parents later received notification from the War Department that he was dead. In 1944, they received the Purple Heart medal posthumously for their son.
In May 1949, his remains were returned to the United States aboard the U.S. Army Transport John L. McLarly.
He was originally interred in a temporary military cemetery in North Africa.
- Newspaper sources from Newspapers.com: Plain Speaker, Hazleton, 9 Mar 1944, Purple Heart Medal Received, pg 16, col 3,
- Wilkes-Barre Record, 28 May 1949, Bodies of 8 Heroes Arrive, pg 6 col 1.
•༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻•
PVT CO C 1ST INF DIV 16TH REG
WORLD WAR II
~ Note: Back of this application it mentions that dod is May 1st, 1943. I put the information that is on the front of the card. If anyone photographs for this memorial and posts a photo. Please note if the date of death is different than what I have put in the date of death fields, if the marker does not match what is entered here, please send me an edit request and I will correct it. Thanks in advance.
•༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺༻•
Brother: John Robert Klingerman 166102643
Birth: Nov. 9, 1926
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 6, 1927
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
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