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Personal info

Full name
KELSEY, Raymond Alfred
Date of birth
9 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Farmville, Cumberland County, Virginia
Hometown
Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O1177485
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Forward Observer
Unit
HQ Battery,
275th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hinderhausen, St Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 15

Immediate family

Members
Alfred G. Kelsey (father)
Emma A. Kelsey (mother)
Alice M. Kelsey (sister)
Arthur J. Kelsey (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Raymond A. Kelsey enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 9 June 1942.

The jeep he was in, was ambushed.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.oocities.org/dcooper19.geo/memorial.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.oocities.org