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Personal info

Full name
GAESSER, Raymond J
Date of birth
2 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Mariah Hill, Spencer County, Indiana
Hometown
Mariah Hill, Spencer County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35101880
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Gralingen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 91

Immediate family

Members
Nick Gaesser (father)
Elizabeth (Heickelbach) Gaesser (mother)
Louis L. Gaesser (brother)
Alois Gaesser (brother)
Agnes Gaesser (sister)
Edwin A. Gaesser (brother)
Anton C. Gaesser (brother)
Lines Gaesser (brother)
Hilda E. Gaesser (sister)
Leona A. Gaesser (sister)
Andrew Gaesser (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Raymond J. Gaesser was a construction worker.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 18 March 1941, and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Anna Castella Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Evansville Courier and Press - 18 February 1945