Arthur Greims
| Date and Place of Birth: | April 20, 1914 Philadelphia, PA |
| Date and Place of Death: | December 10, 1944 Germany |
| Baseball Experience: | College |
| Position: | Unknown |
| Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Military Unit: | 23rd Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division US Army |
| Area Served: | European Theater of Operations |
Arthur Greims had played college baseball on the same team as Bill "Swish" Nicholson. But while Nicholson put in an all-star performance with the Chicago Cubs, Greims battled the Nazis in Europe.
Arthur W. Greims Jr., was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Drexel
Hill, Pennsylvania. Greims played baseball, basketball and soccer at
Upper Darby High School, and attended Washington College in Pennsylvania, where he played
football and baseball. He was part of the 1934 football team that was
undefeated that year, and he played baseball with future major leaguer
Bill "Swish" Nicholson.
Greims withdrew from college at the beginning of his junior year and on
April 1, 1942, he entered military service. He served in Europe with the
23rd Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division. On December 8, 1944, the 12th
Armored went into combat for the first time. Second Lieutenant Greims
died from wounds received in combat two days later on the 10th. He was
posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart and is buried at
Lorraine American Cemetery in Saint-Avold, France.
John Lord, a classmate of Greims at Washington College, dedicated a Pin
Oak tree in his memory. His tree is identified by a plaque bearing the
initials AWG and was planted near the gymnasium at the college.
Thanks to Astrid van Erp for help with this biography
Date Added: July 28, 2012. Updated August 6, 2017
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