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Personal info

Full name
GILLEN, Vincent J
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1821995
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Langerwehe, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 14 11

Immediate family

Members
Edwin T. Gillen (father)
Ellen Gillen (mother)
Edwin Gillen (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Vincent J. Gillen was an insurance salesman before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 24 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, http://bklyn.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet