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Personal info

Full name
DRESSER, James Frank
Date of birth
7 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32915208
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Niederwürzbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 32 29

Immediate family

Members
William J. Dresser (father)
Marie (Caulfield) Dresser (mother)
Marie C. Dresser (sister)
Marion Dresser (sister)
William J. Dresser (brother)
John E. Dresser (brother)
Catherine J. Dresser (sister)
Thomas R. Dresser (brother)
Anna M. Dresser (sister)
Frank Dresser (brother)
Edward Dresser (brother)

More information

Pvt James F. Dresser enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 16 April 1943.

He fought on the Anzio Beachhead and was wounded there. After recuperating, he took part in the invasion of Southern France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York Certificate and Record of Marriage / Anderson Riani Evans Kliesrath (AREK) Family Tree-NJmtrb, U.S. WWII Draft Registration for Young Men, WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, http://www.45thdivision.org, The Jersey Journal - 17 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S, The Jersey Journal - 17 May 1945