PFC/ Tech 5 Barlet Cloice Rhamy
Born August 31, 1912, in Defiance, the youngest child of Otis Eugene and Minnie (Blanchard) Rhamy, Bartlet's life was disrupted when his parents both died - his mother in 1937 and his father in 1938.
He attended Defiance High School for three years. After his parent's deaths, he moved in with his oldest sister and her husband, Mildred (Rhamy) and Rollie Crossland, who lived next door to her parents on Seneca Street in Defiance.
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| Crescent-News, Dec. 10, 1940 |
Bartlet went to work at the American Steel Packaging Company on Squire Avenue. He was called from the draft list in December, 1940, and on he went to training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
He was assigned to the 6th Armored Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division. He fought in North Africa and then in the Italian Campaign and was one of the soldiers at the Anzio Beach invasion into Italy.
His group landed on Anzio Beach with the mission to cut off any German communication with Rome. Unfortunately, his men in his regiment were tired and their numbers were diminished.
They had been fighting for months against an aggressive German Army on rough terrain in Italy.
It was January 1944, and the weather was extremely cold. Supplies were slow to arrive.
PFC Rhamy survived Anzio Beach and then was sent against a defensive position Hitler set just south of Rome in August 1944. The Allies broke through this line but failed to take the position.
The weather was hot and rainy with flooding, and there were very high casualties.
Pfc Rhamy was killed in action on August 25, 1944. Bartlet was 32 years old and a battle casualty, with hospital records naming artillery shells and fragments as the cause of death.
The Crescent-News reported his death in the September 6, 1944, issue on page 1:
" BARTLET C. RHAMY IS KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. Bartlet C. Rhamy, 32, first draftee from the city of Defiance and the second from Defiance County, was killed in action in Italy on Aug. 25, according to a telegram received this morning from the War Department by a sister, Mrs. Rollin W. Crossland, 136 East Main Street. He was the 40th Defiance county man killed in action.
Pvt. Rhamy, who entered the Army Dec. 12, 1940, was a member of the armored infantry. He trained chiefly at Fort Knox, Ky., landed in Northern Ireland the last week of May 1942 and from there went to North Africa and fought through the Italian campaign, having been at Anzio beachhead.
Before entering the service, he lived with his sister, Mrs. Crossland, and was employed at the American Steel Packaging Company. He was the sixth former employee of that concern to be killed.
He was born in Defiance, August 31, 1912, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhamy. Besides Mrs. Crossland, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Virgil E. Widmer, 428 Nicholas Street; and two brothers, Don N. Rhamy, 1500 East Second Street and Rolla G. Rhamy, 207 East street.
As it often happened then, the body was not returned until May 1949. The Crescent-News reported its return on May 28, 1944.
(He came in the company of another Defiance County soldier, Ross Pendleton, Ney.)
"BARTLETT RHAMY'S MEMORIAL IS SET FOR
NEXT SUNDAY.
Memorial services for Pvt. Bartlett Cloist (Cloice) Rhamy were announced yesterday by Rev. L. V. Simms of St. Paul Methodist Church next Sunday. October 22, 3:30 p.m. at the church.
Pvt. Rhamy was killed in action in the Italian theater of war Aug. 25. Official notification from the war department was confirmed by communication from personal friends who told of his being killed instantly.
He was a member of St. Paul Methodist church, his star on the church service flags being one of 132 and the
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| PFC Bartlet Rhamy |
Immediate survivors are two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Rollin W. Crossland and Mrs. Virgil E. Widmer, Rolla G. Rhamy and Don N. Rhamy. He had made his home with Mrs.Crossland, 136 East Main Street.
He was born in Defiance August 31, 1912, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhamy.
Bartlet received a Purple Heart and a Good Conduct Medal, and probably others.
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| Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, OH Dianne Kline, Researcher |
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