POW
SGT U.S. Army
World War II, Korea
COUSIN
Korean POW
Captured Released POW CAMP
1950 1953 Ch'ang-Song
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Rank: Corporal
Rank Code: Corporal
Branch: Infantry
Casualty Place: North Korea Sector
Casualty Date: 5 November 1950
Residence State: Colorado
Residence County: Adams
Type of Casualty: Returned to military control (Missing in Action OR Captured)
Casualty Details: Captured
Casualty Group Code: Captured, returned to military control
Disposition Place: North Korea
Disposition Date: 27 August 1953
Birth Year:
Military Occupation Specialty : Light Weapons Infantryman
Troop Program Sequence Number: IN DIV - 24TH
Troop Program Sequence Number Element Sequence: IN DIV INF REGT
Unit: 19
Race: White
Component: USA - RA (Reg Army)
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Grade, Alpha: Private
Grade Code: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Service Code: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Inf: Infantry
Report Date: 26 February 1944
Race: White
Residence State: Colorado
Organization Type: Rifle
Parent Unit Number: 0157
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area: North African Theatre: Italy
Report Date: 08 June 1945
Source of Report: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Detaining Power: Germany
Camp: Stalag 7B Memmingen Bavaria 48-10
Millard is the son of Omar & Almeda Gilmore Kaessner. He had two brothers, one that died as a baby.
He was a POW and suffered more than one can imagine. He was never the same after he came home.
SGT U.S. Army
World War II, Korea
COUSIN
Korean POW
Captured Released POW CAMP
1950 1953 Ch'ang-Song
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Rank: Corporal
Rank Code: Corporal
Branch: Infantry
Casualty Place: North Korea Sector
Casualty Date: 5 November 1950
Residence State: Colorado
Residence County: Adams
Type of Casualty: Returned to military control (Missing in Action OR Captured)
Casualty Details: Captured
Casualty Group Code: Captured, returned to military control
Disposition Place: North Korea
Disposition Date: 27 August 1953
Birth Year:
Military Occupation Specialty : Light Weapons Infantryman
Troop Program Sequence Number: IN DIV - 24TH
Troop Program Sequence Number Element Sequence: IN DIV INF REGT
Unit: 19
Race: White
Component: USA - RA (Reg Army)
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Grade, Alpha: Private
Grade Code: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Service Code: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Inf: Infantry
Report Date: 26 February 1944
Race: White
Residence State: Colorado
Organization Type: Rifle
Parent Unit Number: 0157
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area: North African Theatre: Italy
Report Date: 08 June 1945
Source of Report: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Detaining Power: Germany
Camp: Stalag 7B Memmingen Bavaria 48-10
Millard is the son of Omar & Almeda Gilmore Kaessner. He had two brothers, one that died as a baby.
He was a POW and suffered more than one can imagine. He was never the same after he came home.
POW
SGT U.S. Army
World War II, Korea
COUSIN
Korean POW
Captured Released POW CAMP
1950 1953 Ch'ang-Song
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Rank: Corporal
Rank Code: Corporal
Branch: Infantry
Casualty Place: North Korea Sector
Casualty Date: 5 November 1950
Residence State: Colorado
Residence County: Adams
Type of Casualty: Returned to military control (Missing in Action OR Captured)
Casualty Details: Captured
Casualty Group Code: Captured, returned to military control
Disposition Place: North Korea
Disposition Date: 27 August 1953
Birth Year:
Military Occupation Specialty : Light Weapons Infantryman
Troop Program Sequence Number: IN DIV - 24TH
Troop Program Sequence Number Element Sequence: IN DIV INF REGT
Unit: 19
Race: White
Component: USA - RA (Reg Army)
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Grade, Alpha: Private
Grade Code: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Service Code: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Inf: Infantry
Report Date: 26 February 1944
Race: White
Residence State: Colorado
Organization Type: Rifle
Parent Unit Number: 0157
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area: North African Theatre: Italy
Report Date: 08 June 1945
Source of Report: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Detaining Power: Germany
Camp: Stalag 7B Memmingen Bavaria 48-10
Millard is the son of Omar & Almeda Gilmore Kaessner. He had two brothers, one that died as a baby.
He was a POW and suffered more than one can imagine. He was never the same after he came home.
SGT U.S. Army
World War II, Korea
COUSIN
Korean POW
Captured Released POW CAMP
1950 1953 Ch'ang-Song
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Rank: Corporal
Rank Code: Corporal
Branch: Infantry
Casualty Place: North Korea Sector
Casualty Date: 5 November 1950
Residence State: Colorado
Residence County: Adams
Type of Casualty: Returned to military control (Missing in Action OR Captured)
Casualty Details: Captured
Casualty Group Code: Captured, returned to military control
Disposition Place: North Korea
Disposition Date: 27 August 1953
Birth Year:
Military Occupation Specialty : Light Weapons Infantryman
Troop Program Sequence Number: IN DIV - 24TH
Troop Program Sequence Number Element Sequence: IN DIV INF REGT
Unit: 19
Race: White
Component: USA - RA (Reg Army)
World War II Prisoners of War 1941 - 1946
Name: Kaessner, Millard A
Grade, Alpha: Private
Grade Code: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Service Code: Army
Arm or Service: Infantry
Arm or Service Code: Inf: Infantry
Report Date: 26 February 1944
Race: White
Residence State: Colorado
Organization Type: Rifle
Parent Unit Number: 0157
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area: North African Theatre: Italy
Report Date: 08 June 1945
Source of Report: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Detaining Power: Germany
Camp: Stalag 7B Memmingen Bavaria 48-10
Millard is the son of Omar & Almeda Gilmore Kaessner. He had two brothers, one that died as a baby.
He was a POW and suffered more than one can imagine. He was never the same after he came home.
Inscription
SGT U.S. Army
World War II, Korea
