Kurt Moser

Kurt Moser
Personal details
Born	1918
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	33051115
Rank	Colonel
Rank at Ritchie	Corporal
Camp Ritchie	Class 4 (6 January – 6 March 1943)
Section	4
Enlisted	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teams	IPW 5, IPW 10

Teammates

Team — IPW 5

Team — IPW 10

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Kurt Moser (born 1918) was a United States Army Corporal who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 4. Kurt enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Biography

On 20 May 1943, Moser became a naturalized citizen.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	33051115
Nara Name	MOSER KURT
Nara State	32
Nara County	101
Nara POE	3295
Nara DOE	180441
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	0
Term of enlistment	Unknown
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	18
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	3
Nara Civilian Occupation	416
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	66
Nara Weight (lbs)	135
Class_ASN	33051115
Class_Name	Moser, Kurt
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 14 August 1918 in Germany to Jewish parents.
• 18 April 1941 — Drafted into Army in Philadelphia as Pvt (ASN 33051115).
• 6 March 1943 — Graduated with Class 4 (Specialty Document examiner/steno).
• 20 May 1943 — Became naturalized citizen.
• 6 August 1943 — Promoted to S/Sgt.
• 17 February 1944 — Team 5 (Gerould, Stein, Biever, Moser, Pressburger, Penger) assigned to XIX Corps (1st Army) from MID.
• 22 September 1944 — S/Sgt Karl Frucht assigned to Team 5.
• 25 September 1944 — T/5 Victor Settelen assigned to Team 5 (from Team 112).
• 6 December 1944 — Pvt Walter Stone assigned to Team 5.
• 28 December 1944 — T/3 Rudolph Pressburger released from IPW Team 5.
• 1 January 1945 — 2nd Lt Curtis H. Biever assigned to MII Team 414-G from IPW Team 5.
• 17 July 1945 — 2nd Lt Morris G. Sullivan assigned to IPW Team 5.
• 16 August 1945 — Team 5 (Sullivan, Moser, Frucht, Settelen, Stone) assigned to XXIII Corps.
• December 1942 — As Cpl, entered Camp Ritchie; assigned to Class 4 (IPW Ge).
• 2nd Lt Walter Sears assigned to IPW Team 5.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Kurt Moser for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Moser, Kurt for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: KURT MOSER.doc)