CPL. Rusch, Raymond August
Service number: 37681421
Age: 30
Born: June 30, 1914, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Family:
Wilhelm "William" Friedrich Carl Rusch (father)
Louisa "Lucy" (nee Sommer) Rusch (mother)
Ruth Lillian Emma Rusch/Mecklenburg (sister)
Geraldine Mary (nee Rettenmaier) Rusch (wife) married June 14, 1941
Raymond D Rusch (son)
Rank: Corporal
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: along the Wermertshausen-Rossberg Road, north west of Wermertshausen
Awards /Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on November 6, 1943, Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa
Other information:
The following was taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
SGT James R. Fischer was the driver of SGT Loyd's tank in which PVT Thompson was a crew member. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day: Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. SGT Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell back in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed: Chester H. Thompson and Raymond T. Loyd were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is another memorials for CPL. Rusch (#14930069) at
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Service number: 37681421
Age: 30
Born: June 30, 1914, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Family:
Wilhelm "William" Friedrich Carl Rusch (father)
Louisa "Lucy" (nee Sommer) Rusch (mother)
Ruth Lillian Emma Rusch/Mecklenburg (sister)
Geraldine Mary (nee Rettenmaier) Rusch (wife) married June 14, 1941
Raymond D Rusch (son)
Rank: Corporal
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: along the Wermertshausen-Rossberg Road, north west of Wermertshausen
Awards /Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on November 6, 1943, Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa
Other information:
The following was taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
SGT James R. Fischer was the driver of SGT Loyd's tank in which PVT Thompson was a crew member. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day: Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. SGT Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell back in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed: Chester H. Thompson and Raymond T. Loyd were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is another memorials for CPL. Rusch (#14930069) at
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
CPL. Rusch, Raymond August
Service number: 37681421
Age: 30
Born: June 30, 1914, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Family:
Wilhelm "William" Friedrich Carl Rusch (father)
Louisa "Lucy" (nee Sommer) Rusch (mother)
Ruth Lillian Emma Rusch/Mecklenburg (sister)
Geraldine Mary (nee Rettenmaier) Rusch (wife) married June 14, 1941
Raymond D Rusch (son)
Rank: Corporal
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: along the Wermertshausen-Rossberg Road, north west of Wermertshausen
Awards /Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on November 6, 1943, Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa
Other information:
The following was taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
SGT James R. Fischer was the driver of SGT Loyd's tank in which PVT Thompson was a crew member. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day: Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. SGT Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell back in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed: Chester H. Thompson and Raymond T. Loyd were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is another memorials for CPL. Rusch (#14930069) at
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Service number: 37681421
Age: 30
Born: June 30, 1914, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Family:
Wilhelm "William" Friedrich Carl Rusch (father)
Louisa "Lucy" (nee Sommer) Rusch (mother)
Ruth Lillian Emma Rusch/Mecklenburg (sister)
Geraldine Mary (nee Rettenmaier) Rusch (wife) married June 14, 1941
Raymond D Rusch (son)
Rank: Corporal
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: along the Wermertshausen-Rossberg Road, north west of Wermertshausen
Awards /Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on November 6, 1943, Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa
Other information:
The following was taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
SGT James R. Fischer was the driver of SGT Loyd's tank in which PVT Thompson was a crew member. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day: Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. SGT Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell back in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed: Chester H. Thompson and Raymond T. Loyd were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is another memorials for CPL. Rusch (#14930069) at
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Inscription
CPL 17 TK BN 7 ARMD DIV IOWA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Iowa.
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