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Personal info

Full name
ROSSMAN, Freeman Ordell
Date of birth
28 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Knox, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Seneca, Venango County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33846949
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 34

Immediate family

Members
William O. Rossman (father)
Sarah P. (Bashline) Rossman (mother)
Glenn O. Rossman (brother)
Alta L. Rossman (sister)
Vera Rossman (sister)
Xzenal S. Rossman (brother)
Hazel I. Rossman (sister)

More information

Pvt Freeman O. Rossman was a barber before he enlisted at Fort George G. Mead, Maryland on 21 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his kidney.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ray J. Switzer, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Mark Bashline Hammond Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The News Herald - 4 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy