PFC Fred William Obermayer
Born: 20 May 1923
Parents: George & Marie Raab-Obermayer
-resided in Berwyn, Illinois
– parents were divorced
– stepmother: Caroline
Siblings: 3 sisters, 3 brothers
– apparently half-siblings
Home:
– 444 Des Plaines Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
– lived with mother
Education:
– St. Bernadine School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1944
– left after junior year to live with mother in Wisconsin
– lived in Marshfield, Wisconsin, for six months before returning to Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 20 May 1943
Contact Person: Marie Obermayer – mother
Residence: 444 Des Plaines Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army
– August 1943
Serial Number: 36832264
Training:
– Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit: 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, Company L, 7th Army
– assigned to a heavy mobile artillery unit
Engagements:
– Invasion of Southern France – 15 August 1944
– Operation Dragoon
– Battle of Bruyeres, France – 25 September 1944
Killed in Action:
– 2 October 1944
– hit by shrapnel in the left temporal area during the battle to take Aachen, Germany
Buried:
– 24 July 1948
– Holy Cross Cemetery – Los Angeles, California
– mother moved to Los Angeles
Medals: Purple Heart
