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Personal info

Full name
ROESER, Kurt
Date of birth
14 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Berg Neustadt, Germany
Hometown
Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42102621
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amanvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 22 32

Immediate family

Members
Henry Roeser (father)
Emma Roeser (mother)
Frieda Roeser (sister)
George Roeser (brother)
Henry Roeser (brother)
Harry Roeser (brother)
Johanna (Den Herder) Roeser (wife)

More information

Pvt Kurt Roeser worked for the New Era Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 18 December 1943.

On 14 March 1944 he was naturalized he was serving at Camp Croft, South Carolina.

He was first buried at the Temporary Camerican Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

His brother, Pfc Harry Roeser, was killed on 30 January 1945 and is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / New York Passenger List / South Carolina Naturalisation Records, The Herald-News - 23 December 1944

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