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Personal info

Full name
KELLESVIG, Marion Truman
Date of birth
21 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Mount Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36227913
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 58

Immediate family

Members
Olaus S. Kellesvig (father)
Guri (Gladem) Kellesvig (mother)
Leota A. Kellesvig (sister)
William H. Kellesvig (brother)
Orville Kellesvig (brother)
Orville J. Kellesvig (brother)
Orpha E. Kellesvig (sister)
Ardis M. Kellesvig (sister)
Inez E. Kellesvig (sister)

More information

Marion T. Kellesvig worked on a farm.

He enlisted at fort Sheridan, Illinois on 7 November 1941.

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

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Wisconsin State Journal - 4 October 1944