Oscar Merle Kessler was born on December 6, 1920, in Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. He was the son of Oscar Elmer Kessler and Beulah Viola Bonenberger Kessler. He served in the 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, as a Technician 4th Grade during World War II.

His unit arrived in the UK in February 1944 and entered France on June 30. The squadron guarded the VIII Corps flank during the Normandy campaign, fought across the Ay River, advanced through Avranches into Brittany, reached Rennes by early August, then moved east with XV Corps toward Laval and Le Mans. Later attached to the XII Corps, the unit advanced toward Frambois and operated around the Forêt de Parroy in October 1944.

T4 Kessler was Killed in Action on October 9, 1944, during the liberation of Mouacourt, France. He was serving as a radio operator in an armored truck on the front lines when he was killed after the vehicle struck a mine. He is now buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana, USA.

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