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Personal info

Full name
GATELY, John Joseph
Date of birth
15 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hyde Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31239701
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Montenau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 60

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Gately (father)
Agnes Gately (mother)
Margaret A. Gately (sister)

More information

T/5 John J. Gately attended high school for four years and worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Canton Vetran's Service, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Canton Veteran's Service