| Name |
Wissing L Jr John |
| Rank |
1st Lieutenant |
| Serial # |
O-1283180 |
| Company |
A |
| Unit |
703rd TD BN |
| Servicebranch |
Armor |
| State, City |
New Jersey, |
| Date of birth |
1917-00-00 |
| Date of death |
1944-08-15 |
| Place of death |
Ranes area, France |
| Cause of death |
Killed in Action |
| Plot,Row,Grave |
E, 8, 2 |
| Cemetery |
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France,Google Maps |
| Temporary Cemetery |
Gorron France A-10-199 buried 1944-08-18 |
| Awards |
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| Remarks |
Commander TD platoon.
Captured in his security outpost near Ranes. Then while he and some others tried to escape, they where gunned down by an SS unit. He is found Death in Ranes after the battle. Awarded posthumously the Bronze Star for heroic archievement in action against the enemy in France on August 14th 1944 |
