Anthony J. Flemming

Service Record

• Rank: Private, U.S. Army
• Serial number: 42112557
• Unit: Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
• Entered service from: New Jersey
• Died: November 25, 1944 — Germany
• Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Awards: Purple Heart

Biography

Anthony J. Flemming was born on February 6, 1913, one of ten children of Joseph and Alice G. Flemming. His early years were spent at 218 North 12th Street in Camden. By April 1930 the family had moved around the corner to 1117 Cooper Street. Joseph Flemming worked as a shaver in a leather factory through the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s.

Anthony Flemming married before entering the service and 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, New Jersey.

Sent overseas as an infantry replacement, Flemming was assigned to Company E of the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, in September 1944. He died of wounds received in action on November 25, 1944, during an assault on the Siegfried Line in Germany, and was buried at the Henri-Chapelle cemetery in Belgium.

Flemming was survived by his wife, Lillian; his parents, of 1117 Cooper Street; four sisters; and five brothers. His body was returned to the United States aboard the USAT Joseph V. Connolly, arriving October 27, 1947, and he was reburied at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey, in November 1947.

Vet's Body Here For Reburial

Camden Courier-Post — November 6, 1947

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Vet's Body Here For Reburial 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.

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 — November 8, 1947

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Camden GI Buried With Army Rites 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.

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.