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Personal info

Full name
HALL, Gilkey Addie Jr
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Morgan, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Rutherford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34038977
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 June 1944
Place of death
Normandy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 38

Immediate family

Members
Gilkey A. Hall (father)
Mary (Nanney) Hall (mother)
Nell Hall (sister)
Mable G. Hall (sister)
Daniel K. Hall (brother)
Ruth Hall (sister)
Marie Hall (sister)
Virgil Hall (brother)
Carolyn Hall (sister)

More information

Pfc Gilkey A. Hall was a weaver.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 2 September 1942.

He is buried next to his brother Pfc Daniel K. Hall.

He is also remembered at the Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Laura Phillips, Bart Craig