William Groome
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32950867
Unit: Company K, 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ (Plot H O 64)
Awards: Purple Heart
William Groome
Private First Class William Groome was born in Philadelphia PA in 1916. He was killed in May of 1944 while serving in Italy. A former employee of the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden NJ, he was drafted on May 27, 1943 at Camden NJ. He entered the Army in June of 1943, and had been sent overseas in January 1944. He was survived by two brothers, Andrew, of Camden NJ, and Samuel, of Pitman NJ, along with two sisters, Mrs. Martha McDowell of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Parker Patterson, of 924 Broadway, Camden NJ. Private Groome had lived for six years at 119 North 23rd Street in East Camden.
After the war, his body was returned to the United States, and he was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ on June 23, 1949.
Pfc. William Groome Funeral Tomorrow
Camden Courier-Post —
Pfc. William Groome Funeral Tomorrow
Services for Pfc. William Groome will be held tomorrow at 1:45 p.m. in National cemetery, Beverly. Military rites will be conducted by a squad from Ft. Dix.
Private Groome was killed in action May 12, 1944, at Anzio, Italy, at the age of 26. He was a member of Co. K, 351st Infantry, 88th Division. He entered the army in 1943 and had been overseas five months when he was killed.
Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Clayton for 12 years and attended Clayton High school. He also resided in Camden for six years at 119 North Twenty-third street and was employed at the New York Shipyard.
Surviving are two brothers, Andrew and Samuel, both of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha McDowell, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Parker Patterson, St. Petersburg, Fla.