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Personal info

Full name
MESSER, Tom
Date of birth
8 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Bell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Madison County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35842761
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 45

Immediate family

Members
Sally K. Messer (wife)
Joe L. Messer (son)
Jean E. Wilde (stepdaughter)

More information

Pvt Tom Messer enlisted on 16 June 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - mplatter