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Personal info

Full name
ROESER, Harry
Date of birth
8 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42084950
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 12 21

Immediate family

Members
D. Henry Roeser (father)
Emma Roeser (mother)
Frieda Roeser (sister)
Kurt Roeser (brother)
Henry Roeser (brother)
George Roeser (brother)
Margaret Roeser (sister)
Alfrida Roeser (sister)

More information

Pfc Harry Roeser attended Central High School and was employed by the New Era Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 February 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding, Florida. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

His brother, Pvt Kurt Roeser, was killed on 15 September 1944 and is buried at the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Morning Call - 15 February 1945