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Robert
Rogers
Wessels
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Georgia

Robert Wessels graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1944. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    1970 – 1972
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Robert Rogers Wessels (ASN: 0-26630), United States Army, was awarded a Third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Fourth Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Deputy Division Engineer, Huntsville, from 1970 to 1972.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    1969 – 1970
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Robert Rogers Wessels (ASN: 0-26630), United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as I Corps Engineer and Commanding Officer, 36th Engineer Group, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1969 to 1970.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    1966 – 1969
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Robert Rogers Wessels (ASN: 0-26630), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as District Engineer, Louisville, from 1966 to 1969.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Action Date:

    1964 – 1966
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Robert Rogers Wessels (ASN: 0-26630), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Deputy Director of Engineering, Mobile, from 1964 to 1966.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    December 16, 1944 – May 1945
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert Rogers Wessels (ASN: 0-26630), United States Army, was captured during fighting against German forces in Europe on or about 16 December 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.