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Personal info

Full name
GEESAMAN, Elwood Day
Date of birth
28 April 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37190358
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Monneren, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 34

Immediate family

Members
Christopher S. Geesaman (father)
Cora B. (March) Geesaman (mother)
Leo B. Geesaman (brother)
Irma C. Geesaman (sister)
Alvin J. Geesaman (brother)

More information

Pfc Elwood D. Geesaman was employed at the Sanford store.

He was sent overseas in March 1943 and landed at Utah Beach in Normandy on D-day plus one.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Marion Richard Biesecker Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette - 6 August 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette - 6 August 1945