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Personal info

Full name
GATES, John Wesley Jr
Date of birth
25 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Patrick County, Virginia
Hometown
Patrick County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33045392
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Soy - Werpin Road, SE of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 61

Immediate family

Members
John W. Gates (father)
Anna D. (Scales) Gates (mother)
Hester I. Gates (sister)
Eva M. Gates (sister)
Cecil W. Gates (brother)
Lena M. Gates (sister)
Samuel E. Gates (brother)
Gladys V. Gates (sister)
Vergie L. Gates (sister)
Henry A. Gates (brother)
Maxie L. Gates (sister)
Hugh N. Gates (brother)
June Gates (sister)

More information

Pvt John W. Gates enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 6 February 1941.

Pvt John W. Gates first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia%20roster.htm#2, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Southern Comfort / Headstone and Interment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Mount Airy News