Son of Michael and Ann Sessa.
Army (Regular) PFC Infantryman.
B CO, 1st BN, 8th Infantry, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION.
He started his tour of duty 15 September 1966.
Killed in action, Plei Doc District, 13 km Northwest of Duc Do, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Valor), Purple Heart.
Wall Panel 20E, Line 036.
Obituary, Daily News (New York), 31 May 1967.
Info courtesy of this contributor.∼Pfc. U.S. Army, {RA12754266}, Vietnam War-Pfc. Sessa was killed in action from multiple fragmentation wounds during Operation Francis Marion on 5-18-1967 while serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman with Co, B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Pfc. Sessa started his tour of Vietnam on 9-15-1966.
Pfc. Sessa is the beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sessa, Sr. of 564 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device, Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Army (Regular) PFC Infantryman.
B CO, 1st BN, 8th Infantry, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION.
He started his tour of duty 15 September 1966.
Killed in action, Plei Doc District, 13 km Northwest of Duc Do, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Valor), Purple Heart.
Wall Panel 20E, Line 036.
Obituary, Daily News (New York), 31 May 1967.
Info courtesy of this contributor.∼Pfc. U.S. Army, {RA12754266}, Vietnam War-Pfc. Sessa was killed in action from multiple fragmentation wounds during Operation Francis Marion on 5-18-1967 while serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman with Co, B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Pfc. Sessa started his tour of Vietnam on 9-15-1966.
Pfc. Sessa is the beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sessa, Sr. of 564 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device, Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Son of Michael and Ann Sessa.
Army (Regular) PFC Infantryman.
B CO, 1st BN, 8th Infantry, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION.
He started his tour of duty 15 September 1966.
Killed in action, Plei Doc District, 13 km Northwest of Duc Do, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Valor), Purple Heart.
Wall Panel 20E, Line 036.
Obituary, Daily News (New York), 31 May 1967.
Info courtesy of this contributor.∼Pfc. U.S. Army, {RA12754266}, Vietnam War-Pfc. Sessa was killed in action from multiple fragmentation wounds during Operation Francis Marion on 5-18-1967 while serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman with Co, B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Pfc. Sessa started his tour of Vietnam on 9-15-1966.
Pfc. Sessa is the beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sessa, Sr. of 564 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device, Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Army (Regular) PFC Infantryman.
B CO, 1st BN, 8th Infantry, 4th INFANTRY DIVISION.
He started his tour of duty 15 September 1966.
Killed in action, Plei Doc District, 13 km Northwest of Duc Do, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Valor), Purple Heart.
Wall Panel 20E, Line 036.
Obituary, Daily News (New York), 31 May 1967.
Info courtesy of this contributor.∼Pfc. U.S. Army, {RA12754266}, Vietnam War-Pfc. Sessa was killed in action from multiple fragmentation wounds during Operation Francis Marion on 5-18-1967 while serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman with Co, B of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Pfc. Sessa started his tour of Vietnam on 9-15-1966.
Pfc. Sessa is the beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sessa, Sr. of 564 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device, Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Service Medal with One Service Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
Gravesite Details
Killed in Vietnam 18 May 1967. Interred in Long Island National Cemetery. Re-interred 1980 in Saint John following his father's death. Confirmed with cemetery 28 Jan 2019.
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