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LtCol. Louis Edward Roemer Veteran
Monument
1901 – 1945 Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Photo added by Charles Lewis Beal
- Birth
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Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
- Death
- 22 Jan 1945 (aged 43)
At Sea
- Monument
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Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
- Plot
- Tablets of the Missing
- Memorial ID
- 56777409 View Source
Louis, who resided at 1002 Madison Street, Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division, Chemical Warfare Service, Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army during World War II.
He "Died of Starvation" while a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan on a prison ship off the coast of Formosa during the war.
He had served in the Army for twenty-two years at the time of his death and was decorated with the "Legion of Merit", "Bronze Star", Purple Heart and the Prisoner Of War Medal.
Service # O-015081
Son of Frederick Carl Roemer and Louise Hill Roemer.
Husband of Mary Virginia Davis Roemer.
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
He "Died of Starvation" while a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan on a prison ship off the coast of Formosa during the war.
He had served in the Army for twenty-two years at the time of his death and was decorated with the "Legion of Merit", "Bronze Star", Purple Heart and the Prisoner Of War Medal.
Service # O-015081
Son of Frederick Carl Roemer and Louise Hill Roemer.
Husband of Mary Virginia Davis Roemer.
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Louis, who resided at 1002 Madison Street, Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division, Chemical Warfare Service, Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army during World War II.
He "Died of Starvation" while a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan on a prison ship off the coast of Formosa during the war.
He had served in the Army for twenty-two years at the time of his death and was decorated with the "Legion of Merit", "Bronze Star", Purple Heart and the Prisoner Of War Medal.
Service # O-015081
Son of Frederick Carl Roemer and Louise Hill Roemer.
Husband of Mary Virginia Davis Roemer.
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
He "Died of Starvation" while a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan on a prison ship off the coast of Formosa during the war.
He had served in the Army for twenty-two years at the time of his death and was decorated with the "Legion of Merit", "Bronze Star", Purple Heart and the Prisoner Of War Medal.
Service # O-015081
Son of Frederick Carl Roemer and Louise Hill Roemer.
Husband of Mary Virginia Davis Roemer.
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Family Members
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- Maintained by: Russ Pickett
- Originally Created by: War Graves
- Added: Aug 8, 2010
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777409/louis_edward-roemer: accessed ), memorial page for LtCol. Louis Edward Roemer (26 Mar 1901–22 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56777409, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).
