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|surname=Kempner | |surname=Kempner | ||
|first=Frederick | |first=Frederick | ||
|middle=F. | |middle=F. | ||
|alias=Fritz Kempner | |||
|class_section=5A | |class_section=5A | ||
|class_rank=Pfc | |class_rank=Pfc | ||
|birth_year=1921 | |birth_year=1921 | ||
|death_date=7 January 2013 | |||
|death_year=2013 | |death_year=2013 | ||
|nativity= | |nativity=Netherlands | ||
|religion= | |religion=Protestant | ||
|enlistment_place= | |enlistment_place=New York City, New York | ||
|overseas=Y | |overseas=Y | ||
|confidence=high | |confidence=high | ||
|class_number=18 | |class_number=18 | ||
|class_display=18 | |class_display=18 | ||
|ipw_ge=81;151 | |||
|specialty=POW interrogation | |||
|death_place=Woolwich, Maine | |||
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'''Frederick F. Kempner''' (1921 – 7 January 2013), known as Fritz Kempner, was a Camp Ritchie Class 18 interrogator who later taught at William Penn Charter School and lived in retirement in Maine. | |||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Frederick F. “Fritz” Kempner was born in 1921 (Netherlands nativity on the roster) and entered the U.S. Army from New York City. He trained at Camp Ritchie with Class 18 and served with IPW teams 81 and 151. | |||
After the war he became a long-serving faculty member at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, teaching into the mid-1980s (retired from Penn Charter in 1986). He did volunteer work with the American Friends Service Committee, took student groups abroad, and taught briefly in England and Germany. In retirement he and his wife Natalie lived in Woolwich, Maine; in 2004 they hiked the Camino de Santiago. He died on 7 January 2013 at age 91. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* | * Penn Charter classmates’ pages use '''Fritz'''; roster formal name '''Frederick F.'''. | ||
* | * Early-life / immigration detail beyond roster nativity not in the Penn Charter faculty notes cited below. | ||
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== Timeline == | |||
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* 1921 — Born (roster nativity: Netherlands). | |||
* Class 18 — Camp Ritchie; IPW 81 / 151. | |||
* Postwar – 1986 — Faculty, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia; AFSC volunteer work; teaching visits abroad. | |||
* 1971 — Married Natalie. | |||
* 1986 — Retires from Penn Charter; later settles in Woolwich, Maine. | |||
* 2004 — Hikes Camino de Santiago with Natalie. | |||
* 7 January 2013 — Died at age 91. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Camp Ritchie | * [https://www.penncharter60.org/faculty/kempner.htm William Penn Charter Class of 1960 — Fritz Kempner faculty note / remembrances] | ||
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | |||
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | |||
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||