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GESS, Fritz H - Date of
birth
31 July 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Illinois -
Hometown
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36319913 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 February 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
August Gess (father)
Wilhelmine (Hartseil) Gess (mother)
Otto T. Gess (brother)
Sophia J. Gess (sister)
Arend A. Gess (brother)
Elmer E. Gess (brother)
Emma Gess (sister)
Carl W. Gess (brother)
More information
Pfc Fritz H. Gess enlisted at Cp. Grant, Illinois on 20 February 1942.At the time of his death, the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting at the Sauer River bridgehead, north of Echternach, Germany.
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 1942-1949 / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: Peter Schouteten