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Personal info

Full name
GALLAVAN, Richard Link
Date of birth
12 February 1904
Age
41
Place of birth
Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado
Hometown
Grand Terrace, San Bernardino County, California

Military service

Service number
39248022
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
355th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
18 May 1945
Place of death
Grafenheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 15 14

Immediate family

Members
George A. Gallavan (father)
Ida L. (Link) Gallavan (mother)
Catherine L. Gallavan (sister)
Helen E. Gallavan (sister)
Thomas L. Gallavan (brother)
Margaret M. Gallavan (sister)
John P. Gallavan (brother)
George Gallavan (brother)
William M. Gallavan (brother)
Robert H. Gallavan (brother)

More information

Richard L. Gallavan attended Poly High School. He was employed for several years in the citrus industry.

He enlisted in July 1942. He trained in the infantry at Camp Carson, Colorado.

He had three brothers in the service: 2nd Lt Robert Henry Gallavan in the Army Air Force, Cpl John Patrick Gallavan, serving in India and 2nd Lt William Michael Gallavan, serving as a navigator in the Pacific Area.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Gallavan Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The San Bernardino County Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The San Bernardino County Sun