Schramm, Ernest Ferdinand
Navy Reserves Motor machinist’s mate 3rd class

Ernest Ferdinand Schramm, age 21, from Lake County East Chicago, Indiana .

Parents: Jessie Schramm Rapey and Fred Schramm

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, June 14, 1944
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Golet when it was destroyed by Japanese forces.

Source: National Archives, oneternalpatrol.com, Vidette Messenger of Porter County (1944)