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: May 12, 1944
- Buried at: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ (Plot H O 64)
- Awards: Purple Heart
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.
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23rd Street
23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, noted in the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.
Pfc. William Groome Funeral Tomorrow
Services for Pfc. William Groome, killed in action at Anzio, Italy on May 12, 1944, were held at National Cemetery, Beverly, with military rites conducted by a squad from Ft. Dix. He had resided in Camden for six years at 119 North Twenty-third Street.