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Personal info

Full name
KESSLER, Mark Clement
Date of birth
5 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33167135
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Near Ajoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 76

Immediate family

Members
Rufus J. Kessler (father)
Louise J. (Swartz) Kessler (mother)
Verna E. Kessler (sister)
Laura A. Kessler (sister)
Allen R. Kessler (brother)
Frederick E. Kessler (brother)
Raymond R. Kessler (brother)
Kathryn S. Kessler (sister)
Emma M. Kessler (sister)

More information

Pfc Mark C. Kessler was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gasbarro Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
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