In memory of

Sapper

Raymond William Giesen

who died on 21 May 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit 10 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
  Rank Sapper
  Service number M36512
  Date of death 19440521
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  M36512 Sapper (10 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers) Raymond William Giesen (b.1923) of Radville was KIA 19440521 during the assault on the Hitler line and is buried at Cassino war cemetery, Frosinone, Italy. His father Herman, a carpenter, and his mother Emma (Kortan) came from Brockton, Roosevelt Co., Montana, in 1921 and returned there after the war. Raymond worked as a baker for a couple of years before enlisting at Calgary late in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 38 - Laurier
  Cemetery or memorial location Cassino war cemetery, Frosinone, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) Radville
  Geo-memorial Giesen Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.5333°N / 108.4°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N9
  Geo-memorial details East of Uranium City.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230227
  Place of birth Radville    
  Date of enlistment 19411014
  Place of enlistment Calgary, Alberta    
  Residence on enlistment Radville    
  Occupation baker
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