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Personal info

Full name
KRESS, Raymond L
Date of birth
9 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15067568
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Sarreinsming, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 35 20

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Kress (father)
Mary T. (Pape) Kress (mother)
Harriet E. Kress (sister)
Bertha Kress (sister)
Maude Kress (sister)
Cora Kress (sister)
Robert E. Kress (brother)
Charles F. Kress Jr. (brother)
Lloyd R. Kress (brother)
Frank W. Kress (brother)
Mary L. Kress (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond L. Kress attended high school for three years before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 18 August 1941. He was sent overseas in November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest and leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Hendricks Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - The Dayton Herald 28 December 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Dayton Herald 28 December 1944