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MUSSELMAN, Ray Seltzer - Date of
birth
5 August 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-545506 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 March 1945 - Place of
death
Near Flammersheim-Euskirchen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 2 | 45 |
Immediate family
-
Members
William S. Musselman (father)
Kathryn R. (Seltzer) Musselman (mother)
William S. Musselman (brother)
More information
1st Lt Ray S. Musselman joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 16 May 1942.He attended 2 years of college and was an architect. While a student at the college, Ray Musselman was a member of the varsity football squads and a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
The sitation for his Silver Star stated:
"The War Department announced November 16 that the Silver Star has been awarded posthumously to First Lieutenant Ray S. Musselman, '44, of Norristown, former Gettysburg College athlete who was killed in action March 3 in Europe. The citation accompanying the Silver Star discloses that the lieutenant was killed by snipers while engaged in mopping up operations in Germany. However, before being hit, he destroyed two enemy machineguns by crawling within 25 yards of them and throwing hand grenades into the positions."
1st Lt Ray S. Musselman was first buried at Block XXX, Row 8, Grave 141.
Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Gettysburg College Alumni Magazine - The Gettysburg College Bulletin Alumni News, November 1945, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Samuel Musselman Family Tree / 1940 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gettysburg College Alumni Magazine - The Gettysburg College Bulletin Alumni News