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Personal info

Full name
GARDNER, Raymond C
Date of birth
24 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Spencerport, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Spencerport, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
07070339
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 33

Immediate family

Members
Raymond E. Gardner (father)
Anna M. Gardner (mother)
Doris Gardner (sister)
William E. Gardner (brother)
Ralph Gardner (brother)
Ruth Gardner (sister)
Evelyn Gardner (sister)
Arline Gardner (sister)
Richard Gardner (brother)
Bernard Gardner (brother)

More information

Cpl Raymond C. Gardner enlisted in Monroe, New York on 28 June 1940 and served 33 months with a field artillery unit in Puerto Rico. He returned to the United States in April 1944, and was stationed at Camp Stewart, Georgia until he went overseas in September 1944.

His brother William was stationed in England and his brother Richard was serving with the U.S. Navy. His brother Ralph received a medical discharge.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Picket, www.archives.gov,
www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Des Philippet / William E. Gardner