- SURNAME
Vermeer
- FORENAME
Elmer Harry ("Dutch")
- UNIT
2nd Ranger Battalion (Company HQ)
- RANK
1st Lieutenant
- NUMBER
1103450
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 07.06.1920, Pella, Iowa, USA
father Jacob G. Vermeer (1882-1952)
mother Anna Elsie (nee Haven) Vermeer (1895-1974)
attended Pella High School
3 years college (Central College Pella)
civil occupation actor
single without dependent upon enlistment (service number 17029392)
01.07.1941 draft card Pella, Marion County, Iowa
26.08.1941 entered service
11.01.1946 discharged
wife Jeanette Vivian (nee Lankelma) Vermeer (1924-2012)
4 sons, 1 daughter
10 years Iowa House of Representatives
13 years aide to Gov. Robert Ray
1981 retired
died 23.05.1989 (Aged 68) Iowa, USA (due emphysema)
Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, Iowa, USA. Section H, Lot 97
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers) Elmer H. Vermeer (ASN: 0-1103450), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 2d Ranger Infantry Battalion, V Corps, in action on the coast of France for the period 6 June 1944 to 8 June 1944.
WEB LINKS:
http://rangerroster.org/SearchDetails.asp?ID=3042https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/89888
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136269193/elmer-harry-vermeer
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