PVT William Charles Pohlmann Jr.

courtesy of Dennis Healy

PVT William Charles Pohlmann Jr. was born 24 Jul 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the oldest of the 2 children born to William Charles and Alice (Cook) Pohlmann. His father was a wood carver and maker of furniture. The elder William reported a 1939 income of $1200. That same year our William was working as a machinist for an aircraft company and reported earning $1300. The family lived at 2330 Riggs Avenue in Baltimore. In 1941, young William married Marie Agnes Scherer, also of Baltimore. The couple would have a daughter the fall of 1942 and William was working for the Glenn L. Martin Company. The family lived in Stansbury Estates in Baltimore.

William was drafted in September 1943. After his basic military training he was sent to England and then to the replacement depot. He was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 16 Jun 1944. He fought with the unit as a rifleman until wounded on 17 Jul 1944 after which he was evacuated to hospital. PVT Pohlmann returned to the unit via the replacement depot on 28 Oct 1944. He served with the unit, again as a rifleman, until killed in action in the attack on Setterich, Germany on 18 Nov 1944.

PVT Pohlmann was repatriated in 1949 and re-interred in the Baltimore National Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

William's father served as a CPL in an artillery unit in France and fought in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. He and Alice are also buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery.