Ernest M. Holzemer

Staff Sergeant Ernest Michael Holzemer in uniform photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Slope

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Staff Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    164th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    Americal Division
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    Asiatic Pacific Theater
    Engagements/Battles:
    New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Philippine Islands
    Engagement:
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in the Philippines.

Biography:

Ernest Michael Holzemer was born in White Lake Township, Slope County, North Dakota to John Peter Holzemer and Susan Elizabeth Ficker Holzemer on March 25, 1916. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on April 30, 1941. Staff Sergeant Holzemer served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and was killed in action on February 20, 1945, in Leyte, Philippines. He is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Plot B, Row 12, Grave, 123, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He received the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Purple Heart. 

Staff Sergeant Ernest Michael Holzemer cross grave marker photo

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave/County Book