Anthony J. Flemming
Anthony J. Flemming
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 42112557
Unit: Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: , Germany
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, State Highway 70 & Hampton Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private Anthony J. Flemming was born on February 6, 1913, one of ten children born to Joseph and Alice G. Flemming. His early years were spent at 218 North 12th Street in Camden. By April of 1930 the family had moved around the corner, to 1117 Cooper Street in Camden. Joseph Flemming worked as a shaver in a leather factory during the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s.
Anthony Flemming had married before entering the service. He lived with his wife Lillian at 835 Federal Street in Camden. He was employed as a driver in the circulation department of the Camden Courier-Post prior to his induction into the Army on March 31, 1944 at Fort Dix NJ.
Private Flemming was sent overseas as an infantry replacement. He was assigned to Company E of the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division in September of 1944. He died of wounds received in action on November 25, 1944.
Anthony Flemming was survived by his wife Lillian, of the Federal Street address, his parents, of 1117 Cooper Street in Camden, four sisters and five brothers. He was brought home aboard the USAT Joseph V. Connolly, arriving October 27, 1947, and buried at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill) NJ in November of 1947.
Grave marker for Anthony J. Flemming
Vet's Body Here For Reburial
Camden Courier-Post —
The body of a Camden soldier killed in action was returned here for reburial yesterday.
The soldier was Pvt. Anthony J. Flemming, 31, of 835 Federal street, killed seven months after his induction into the army. The body is in a funeral home at 2850 Federal street.
Flemming entered the service in April, 1944, and was assigned to Company E, Forty-seventh Infantry, Ninth Division. Seven months later he was killed during an assault on the Siegfried Line in Germany. He was buried in the Henri-Chapelle cemetery, Belgium.
Private Flemming is survived by his widow, Lillian; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flemming; four sisters, Mrs. Edna Cramer, Tuckerton; Mrs. Margaret Barry, Mrs. Florence Clarke and Mrs. Alice Penn, and five brothers, Frank, Harry, George, John and William.
Relatives and friends will meet Saturday at 8 a.m. in the funeral home and attend a Solemn requiem high Mass at 9 a.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Taps will be sounded over Flemming’s grave in Calvary cemetery.
The elder Flemming, a city employe, was an employe of the Courier-Post Newspapers for 13 years.
Camden GI Buried With Army Rites
Camden Courier-Post —
Pvt. Anthony J. Flemming, 31, of 835 Federal street, was laid to rest in Calvary cemetery today following a military Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
A military guard of honor accompanied the funeral procession to the cemetery, where a volley was fired and taps sounded.
Private Flemming was killed during an assault on the Siegfried line in Germany. He was buried in the Henri-Chapelle cemetery, Belgium. He had served in Company E, Forty-seventh Infantry, Ninth division.
Private Flemming’s body was returned to the United States Oct. 27 on the transport Joseph V. Connolly.
Five brothers and a cousin, Warren Cannon, served as pallbearers at the funeral. The brothers are Frank, Harry, George, John and William. Other survivors are his widow, Lillian; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flemming, and four sisters, Mrs. Edna Cramer, Tuckerton; Mrs. Margaret Barry, Mrs. Florence Clarke and Mrs. Alice Penn.
Flemming was an employe of the Courier-Post Newspapers for 13 years.