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Rimer, John Lanier, Cpl.
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Contact Info
Home Town Collierville, TN
Last Address Collierville, TN
Date of Passing Mar 28, 2011
Location of Interment West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery - Memphis, Tennessee
PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II: JOHN LANIER "PAPA JOHN " RIMER, 88, of Collierville, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at his home. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in WWII with the 509th parachute Infantry Battalion. He was born the son of Benjamin and Edna (Augusta) Rimer on November 1, 1922. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virginia (Biggs) Rimer; his sons, Gary (Barbara) Rimer, of Memphis and Michael (Mary) Rimer, of Moscow, TN; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; and a host of other loving friends and extended family. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 31 at Faith Presbyterian Church, 8816 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN with services beginning at 11 a.m. Interment will be private in the West Tennessee Veteran's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith Presbyterian Church in Germantown. Arrangements have been entrusted to High Point Funeral Home & Crematorium (Published in The Commercial Appeal on March 31, 2011)
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
February / 1945
Description (Ardennes Alsace Campaign 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945) During their offensive in the Ardennes the Germans drove into Belgium and Luxembourg, creating a great bulge in the line. For some time the weather was bad, but when it cleared the Allies could send their planes to assist their ground forces by bombing and strafing the enemy’s columns, dropping paratroops and supplies, and interdicting the enemy’s lines of communications. By the end of January 1945 the lost ground had been regained and the Battle of the Bulge, the last great German offensive, was over.
