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Personal info

Full name
FUESSER, Carl Henry
Date of birth
14 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33472030
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
370th Field Artillery Battalion,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Hery Fuesser (father)
Gertrude Fuesser (mother)
Elizabeth C. Fuesser (sister)

More information

Sgt. Carl H. Fuesser was born in Dusseldorf, Germany.

He enlisted on 30 November 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended 4 years of high school before he enlisted.
He entered active service on 7 December 1942 and went overseas on 19 September 1944.

He was killed during the Battle of the Bulge.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / World War II Army Enlistment Records / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem