Ernest served as a Sergeant, Company A, 104th Infantry, 26th Infantry Division, U.S. Army World War II.
He resided in Androscoggin County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.
Ernest was "Killed In Action" near the Rhine River in Germany during the war and was awarded the "Silver Star" for Gallantry in Action and the Purple Heart.
Service # 31044440.
LEWISTON DAILY SUN, LEWISTON-AUBURN, MAINE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1948, PAGE TWO (internet edition)
RETURN BODIES OF LOCAL MEN: SGT. ERNEST L. REMICK AND PFC RENE M. CHAREST ON OGLETHORPE VICTORY--TRANSPORT CARRYING REMAINS OF 4,383 AMERICAN WAR DEAD FOR REBURIAL
The bodies of two Lewiston soldiers killed in action in the European Theater are among those of 4,383 Americans aboard the U.S. Army Transport Oglethorpe Victory being returned to this country for reburial. The bodies were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in France and Belgium. The Lewiston men are PFC Rene M. Charest and Sgt. Ernest L. Remick Jr.
34 MAINE MEN
The Oglethorpe Victory is bearing the remains of 34 Maine men.
Sgt. Ernest Leroy Remick Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Remick of 148 Bartlett Street, met his death in Germany on March 18, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. he was one of the first local men inducted, having entered service on June 4, 1941. He went to the South Pacific area in January 1942 with an anti-aircraft unit, and in January 1945 sailed for the European Theater as an infantryman. A native of Auburn, Remick was graduated from Lewiston High School in 1937.
He resided in Androscoggin County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.
Ernest was "Killed In Action" near the Rhine River in Germany during the war and was awarded the "Silver Star" for Gallantry in Action and the Purple Heart.
Service # 31044440.
LEWISTON DAILY SUN, LEWISTON-AUBURN, MAINE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1948, PAGE TWO (internet edition)
RETURN BODIES OF LOCAL MEN: SGT. ERNEST L. REMICK AND PFC RENE M. CHAREST ON OGLETHORPE VICTORY--TRANSPORT CARRYING REMAINS OF 4,383 AMERICAN WAR DEAD FOR REBURIAL
The bodies of two Lewiston soldiers killed in action in the European Theater are among those of 4,383 Americans aboard the U.S. Army Transport Oglethorpe Victory being returned to this country for reburial. The bodies were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in France and Belgium. The Lewiston men are PFC Rene M. Charest and Sgt. Ernest L. Remick Jr.
34 MAINE MEN
The Oglethorpe Victory is bearing the remains of 34 Maine men.
Sgt. Ernest Leroy Remick Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Remick of 148 Bartlett Street, met his death in Germany on March 18, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. he was one of the first local men inducted, having entered service on June 4, 1941. He went to the South Pacific area in January 1942 with an anti-aircraft unit, and in January 1945 sailed for the European Theater as an infantryman. A native of Auburn, Remick was graduated from Lewiston High School in 1937.
Ernest served as a Sergeant, Company A, 104th Infantry, 26th Infantry Division, U.S. Army World War II.
He resided in Androscoggin County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.
Ernest was "Killed In Action" near the Rhine River in Germany during the war and was awarded the "Silver Star" for Gallantry in Action and the Purple Heart.
Service # 31044440.
LEWISTON DAILY SUN, LEWISTON-AUBURN, MAINE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1948, PAGE TWO (internet edition)
RETURN BODIES OF LOCAL MEN: SGT. ERNEST L. REMICK AND PFC RENE M. CHAREST ON OGLETHORPE VICTORY--TRANSPORT CARRYING REMAINS OF 4,383 AMERICAN WAR DEAD FOR REBURIAL
The bodies of two Lewiston soldiers killed in action in the European Theater are among those of 4,383 Americans aboard the U.S. Army Transport Oglethorpe Victory being returned to this country for reburial. The bodies were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in France and Belgium. The Lewiston men are PFC Rene M. Charest and Sgt. Ernest L. Remick Jr.
34 MAINE MEN
The Oglethorpe Victory is bearing the remains of 34 Maine men.
Sgt. Ernest Leroy Remick Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Remick of 148 Bartlett Street, met his death in Germany on March 18, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. he was one of the first local men inducted, having entered service on June 4, 1941. He went to the South Pacific area in January 1942 with an anti-aircraft unit, and in January 1945 sailed for the European Theater as an infantryman. A native of Auburn, Remick was graduated from Lewiston High School in 1937.
He resided in Androscoggin County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.
Ernest was "Killed In Action" near the Rhine River in Germany during the war and was awarded the "Silver Star" for Gallantry in Action and the Purple Heart.
Service # 31044440.
LEWISTON DAILY SUN, LEWISTON-AUBURN, MAINE, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1948, PAGE TWO (internet edition)
RETURN BODIES OF LOCAL MEN: SGT. ERNEST L. REMICK AND PFC RENE M. CHAREST ON OGLETHORPE VICTORY--TRANSPORT CARRYING REMAINS OF 4,383 AMERICAN WAR DEAD FOR REBURIAL
The bodies of two Lewiston soldiers killed in action in the European Theater are among those of 4,383 Americans aboard the U.S. Army Transport Oglethorpe Victory being returned to this country for reburial. The bodies were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in France and Belgium. The Lewiston men are PFC Rene M. Charest and Sgt. Ernest L. Remick Jr.
34 MAINE MEN
The Oglethorpe Victory is bearing the remains of 34 Maine men.
Sgt. Ernest Leroy Remick Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Remick of 148 Bartlett Street, met his death in Germany on March 18, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. he was one of the first local men inducted, having entered service on June 4, 1941. He went to the South Pacific area in January 1942 with an anti-aircraft unit, and in January 1945 sailed for the European Theater as an infantryman. A native of Auburn, Remick was graduated from Lewiston High School in 1937.
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