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Personal info

Full name
SUESS, Roland Lonnie
Date of birth
24 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38434481
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Hamich, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 25

Immediate family

Members
Walter E. Suess (father)
Louise E. (Stolz) Suess (mother)
Otis E. Suess (brother)
Carl R. Suess (brother)
Dorothy Suess (sister)
Jack Suess (brother)
Ruth C. Suess (half sister)
Juanita Suess (half sister)

More information

Pfc Roland L. Suess was a plumber before he enlisted.

His grandparents from both sides were born in Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Dave Suess

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dave Suess