KRUMREY, Delmer L. 1925-1945

KRUMREY, CROSS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/1/2013 at 16:42:05

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Charles City Soldier
Killed in Air Action

Charles City, Iowa - Mr. and Mrs. William Krumrey, 811 Tenth Avenue, received word from the war department that their son. Cpl. Delmer L. Krumrey, was killed in action in Italy April 12. Delmer entered the service October 1, 1943, and went overseas in February, 1945. He was in the air corps.

Mason City Globe-Gazette, Thursday, April 26, 1945, Mason City, Iowa
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CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Mrs. Daisy Krumrey, 811 Tenth Avenue, Charles City, is in receipt of a letter from the commanding general of the 15th air force and from the chaplain of the air force telling of the death of her son, Cpl. Delmer L. Krumrey, on April 12, 1945.

Corporal Krumrey entered the service on October 1, 1943, went to Shepard Field, Texas, and was graduated from the B-24 Liberator mechanic school at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, June 2. He was graduated from the army air forces flexible gunnery school at Tyndall Field, Florida, and received his silver wings October 4, 1944.

He went overseas the forepart of February, 1945.

The letter from Major General N. F. Twining is as follows:

On April 12, 1945, your son, Cpl. Delmer L. Krumrey, was flying as engineer-gunner aboard a heavy bomber which was preparing to take off on a daylight bombing mission over the continent.

Unfortunately, as it was gaining speed, the plane became disabled, suddenly nosed over and crashed. Medical aid was rushed to the scene at once, but it proved to be of no avail. Delmer had been killed in the crash. The exact location of your son's burial ground, in an American cemetery in southern Italy, will be made known to you as soon as security regulations permit. His personal belongings have been gathered and will be sent to the effects quartermaster, army effects bureau, Kansas City, Mo., from which point they will be forwarded to you."

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Wednesday, May 09, 1945, Waterloo, Iowa]

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Burial: Beckwith Cemetery, Nilesville, Floyd County, Iowa (Credit Kathy Gerkins)
Son of William Frederick & Daisy L.(Cross) Krumrey

See memorial on Findagrave.com

GPP Tombstone Photo
 

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