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Personal info

Full name
CULTICE, Gale Wilbur
Date of birth
8 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Darke County, Ohio
Hometown
Darke County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35507011
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Bergstein, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Gabriel B. Cultice (father)
Martha A. (McGriff) Cultice (mother)
Arlo D. Cultice (brother)
Lela N. Cultice (sister)
Lois J. Cultice (wife)
Gale D. Cultice (son)

More information

Pvt Gale W. Cultice enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 8 August 1942. He attended high school for 4 years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted.

His Company held a combat post near Bergstein, Germany, which was attacked for 30 minutes by the enemy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, Piercy Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten