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Personal info

Full name
KESSING, Robert J
Date of birth
29 December 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111857
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 46

Immediate family

Members
Frank C. Kessing (father)
Rose H. (Wanstrath) Kessing (mother)
Francis K. Kessing (brother)
James B. Kessing (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Kessing enlisted in Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 March 1944. He died of wounds received in action in Rollesbroich, Germany December 14. He was in a hospital in Belgium.

He was a former Remington Rand employe and graduated from St. Mary's School and the Southside High School.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block J, Row 2, Grave 33.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kessing Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Richard Blunk / James L. Cooper, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Quigley