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Personal info

Full name
WESSMANN, Robert Harvie Jr
Date of birth
3 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brroklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Washington County, New York

Military service

Service number
O2000043
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Brühlborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 54

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Wessmann (father)
Ruth E. (Winter) Wessmann (mother)
Ruth E. Wessmann (sister)
Joan K. Wessmann (sister)
Anna M. Wessmann (wife)

More information

2nd Lt. Robert H. Wessmann Jr. enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 4 March 1941.

He attended 1 year of college and was a manager before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Wessmann Jr. Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Daily News New York, New York 18 March 1945