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SSGT Gordon Robert Lossing

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SSGT Gordon Robert Lossing Veteran

Birth
St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
Death
22 Feb 1945 (aged 26)
Germany
Burial
Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Gordon Robert Lossing was the son of Howard Rolland Lossing and Verena Barbara Pohly.

Gordon graduated from Yale High School with the class of 1936. He entered the service June 13, 1941 and trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana; a camp in North Carolina; Camp Young, California; Camp Adair, Oregon; and Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. On October 23, 1944, in Peck, Michigan, while home on furlough, Gordon married Doris Marguerite Frostick. He was sent overseas in December of 1944 and went directly into action with the Seventh Army. Gordon was reported missing on February 22, 1945. His wife received a letter on April 10th from a member of the 111th Division telling her that Gordon had died from wounds in a German hospital where the soldier had helped care for him.
Gordon Robert Lossing was the son of Howard Rolland Lossing and Verena Barbara Pohly.

Gordon graduated from Yale High School with the class of 1936. He entered the service June 13, 1941 and trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana; a camp in North Carolina; Camp Young, California; Camp Adair, Oregon; and Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. On October 23, 1944, in Peck, Michigan, while home on furlough, Gordon married Doris Marguerite Frostick. He was sent overseas in December of 1944 and went directly into action with the Seventh Army. Gordon was reported missing on February 22, 1945. His wife received a letter on April 10th from a member of the 111th Division telling her that Gordon had died from wounds in a German hospital where the soldier had helped care for him.

Inscription

MICHIGAN
SSGT 275 INF 70 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II PH



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  • Maintained by: Red
  • Originally Created by: Kelly F
  • Added: May 8, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26690063/gordon_robert-lossing: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Gordon Robert Lossing (15 Oct 1918–22 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26690063, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Avoca, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Red (contributor 47105291).