Harold Schirmer
Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 17 April 1945, page 1
KIA-S. Sgt. Harold Schirmer, 32,son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schirmer, of 17 Retreat street, Southgate, previously listed as missing in action over Czechoslovakia Aug 29, was killed in action on that date, according to a War Department message. The flyer had been overseas two months and had completed 14 missions when his plane, a Flying Fortress, was downed. He was an aerial gunner.
Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Mrs. James Dago and Mrs. William Boehm and three brothers, Fred, Orville and Robert Schirmer.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 1 July 1948, page 10
HEROES COME HOME-The bodies of 11 northern Kentucky who lost their lvies in World War II are being returned from Europe aboard the Army transport Lawrence Victory, the Army announced Thursday. S. Sgt. Harold Schirmer; son of Emil R Schirmer, 17 Retreat street, Southgate.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 17 July 1948, page 1
HEROES-Services for S Sgt. Harold Schirmer, who was killed in action in Czechoslovakia on Aug 29, 1944, will be held at the Fred A Erschell Sons funeral home, Newport, at 2 pm Tuesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Sgt. Schirmer, who was 31 at the time of his death, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil R Schirmer, 17 Retreat street, Southgate. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Mrs. William Boehm, Deer Park and Mrs. James Drragoo, Southgate, and three brothers, Robert, Woodlawn; Arvil,, Newport and Fred Schirmer, Southgate. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 pm Monday.