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Personal info

Full name
GALLAHER, George Edison
Date of birth
24 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Wheat, Roane County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
44040408
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 5 27

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Gallaher (father)
Sadie (Rather) Gallaher (mother)
Mary B. Gallaher (sister)
Laura E. Gallaher (sister)
Hattie L. Gallaher (sister)
Lula J. Gallaher (sister)
Marie V. Gallaher (sister)
Robert L. Gallaher (brother)
Charles M. Gallaher (brother)
Willie Gallaher (brother)
James E. Gallaher (brother)
R.C. Gallaher (brother)
Carlus Gallaher (brother)
Catherine Gallaher (sister)
Lucille Gallaher (sister)

More information

Pfc George E. Gallaher worked on his father's farm.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 22 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Brandy Gallaher