LeRoy Nemmers

  • 2nd Lieutenant
  • World War II
  • West Wall (by Entrance Door)

Spencer, Iowa

Sep 27, 2022

Mar 04, 1945

Biography

Year at ISU: 1944 - General Engineering

Second Lieutenant LeRoy George Nemmers was born September 27, 1922  Leroy G. Nemmers, Sr. and Blanche F. Agard. He grew up in Spencer, Iowa. He has a cousin named John Rosencrans and an uncled named William Nemmers.

He married his wife, Helene, on September 19, 1943 in Hampton, Iowa, who worked at the graduate dean's office at Iowa State College.

LeRoy entered the Army on April 8, 1942 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He made Private First Class in August 1943; Corporal, February 1944; and second Lieutenant on August 23, 1944. He saw combat service with Company A, 1257th Engineers.

He died on March 4, 1945.