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Personal info

Full name
KESELING, Herman George Jr
Date of birth
16 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas
Hometown
DeWitt County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38680037
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
55th Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 7

Immediate family

Members
Herman G. Keseling (father)
Julia Keseling (mother)
Hazel Keseling (sister)
Agnes Keseling (sister)
Lawrence Keseling (brother)
Portress L. (Sigmund) Keseling (wife)

More information

Attack on Prum and after crossing the Prum River taking the town of Dausfeld with the final objective of seizing and holding Lissingen, Germany.

Pfc Herman G. Keseling is remembered at Hillside Cemetery in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Cindy S. Munson