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Personal info

Full name
GRESEN, Warren Houston
Date of birth
12 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kankakee County, Illinois
Hometown
Kankakee County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
20603586
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Leintrey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 6

Immediate family

Members
Earnest F. Gresen (father)
Margaret (Nowman) Gresen (mother)
Leonard F. Gresen (brother)
Kenneth E. Gresen (brother)
Coletta M. Gresen (sister)
Donald W. Gresen (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Warren H. Gresen joined the National Guard in Kankakee, Illinois on 5 March 1941.

He was killed by a gunshot.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Taylor De Witt Farrington Tree / Kankakee County Illinois Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy