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Personal info

Full name
GELLERT, John Franklin
Date of birth
28 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Earlington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33466763
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 40

Immediate family

Members
Walter G. Gellert (father)
Francis M. Gellert (mother)
Walter Gellert (brother)
William Gellert (brother)

More information

Cpl John F. Gellert attended State College for two years in the Class of 1945. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 6 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII / 1930 Census, Penn State University yearbook, 1942

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Penn State University yearbook 1942