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Personal info

Full name
SEMSEY, John J
Date of birth
24 December 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33315116
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Kirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Semsey (father)
Anna (Votjtko) Semsey (mother)
Michael Semsey (brother)
Joseph Semsey (brother)
Stephen Semsey (brother)
Anna Semsey (sister)
Mary Semsey (sister)
Sophia (Gregory) G. Semsey (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John J. Semsey was a baker before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 May 1942.

His father immigrated in 1900 from Czechoslowakia. His mother came to America in 1904.

On the morning of 6 April 1945 he was reported missing in action. Several days later he was found to have been killed from a shrapnel fragment wound in his chest.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Fietje Quaedvlieg, Jac Engels, www.archives.gov, ABMC, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ralph Peeters, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Ralph Peeters