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Personal info

Full name
HIGH, George Gerald
Date of birth
1 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Nash County, North Carolina
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33519000
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 57

Immediate family

Members
George G. High (father)
Vena (Bobbitt) High (mother)
John T. High (brother)
Donald R. High (brother)
Helen L. High (sister)

More information

Pfc George G. High went by his middle name Gerald and worked at the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia.

He enlisted on 9 December 1942 in Richmond, Virginia.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment Records / North Carolina Birth Indexes

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Nash County (NC) WWII Scrapbook, D.P. Dusenbury (nephew), courtesy of Debbie Holloman