Frederick F. Kempner

Frederick F. Kempner
Personal details
Birth name	Fritz Kempner
Born	1921
Died	7 January 2013 Woolwich, Maine
Nativity	Netherlands
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32968175
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section	5A
Enlisted	New York City, New York
Specialty	POW interrogation
Teams	IPW 81, IPW 151

Teammates

Team — IPW 81

Team — IPW 151

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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.

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

• 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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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	92
Nara ASN	32968175
Nara Name	KEMPNER FREDERICK F
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	110643
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	L9
Nara Year of Birth	21
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	6
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	66
Nara Weight (lbs)	294
Class_ASN	32968175
Class_Name	KEMPNER, Frederick F.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 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.

Sources

• 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)