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Personal info

Full name
GALM, Albert
Date of birth
28 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38534128
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Rochefort, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 59

Immediate family

Members
Oscar Galm (father)
Elizabeth Galm (mother)
Louise Galm (sister)
Mary J. Galm (wife)

More information

Pvt Albert Galm worked as distribution manager for the Dallas Morning News.

He enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 18 September 1943.

Pvt Albert Galm was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/ - Stephen Max Freeman