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Personal info

Full name
TESSMAN, Theodore R
Date of birth
12 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31407690
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 45

Immediate family

Members
Michael Tessman (father)
Anna N. (Malzahn) Tessman (mother)
Margaret O. Tessman (sister)
Oscar M. Tessman (brother)
Edwin R. Tessman (brother)
Martha Tessman (wife)

More information

Sgt Theodore R. Tessman was a driver before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 10 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Oscar M. Tessman, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Marchinkoski Family Tree
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