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FEESE, Loren Dee "Buddy" - Date of
birth
1 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas -
Hometown
San Diego County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39586223 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 April 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Kassel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 12 | 6 |
Immediate family
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Members
Charles O. Feese (father)
Agnes M. (Anderson) Feese (mother)
Leo Feese (brother)
Hazel Feese (sister)
Merle R. Feese (brother)
More information
T/Sgt Loren D. Feese enlisted at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California on 19 May 1944.He graduated from Liberal High School in May 1943 when he was 17 years old.
He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation reads: During an assault near Niedersweren, Germany, on 2 April 1945, an enemy force of twelve tanks and one hundred infantrymen had attacked the rear installations and were retreating. T/Sgt Feese and four comrades stationed themselves in a house along the expected route of withdrawal and, waiting until the enemy was but fifty yards from the building, opened fire, and by moving from window to window confused them as to the size of the opposition. T/Sgt Feese, firing a light machine gun, aided immeasurably in killing seven, wounding several, and capturing fifty of the enemy."
He is remembered at the Liberal Cemetery in Liberal, Seward County, Kansas.
Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Family Trees, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Oz, Nathan Feese, Kathleen (O'Hara) Krob / David H. Stout