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Personal info

Full name
GALLIPEAU, Eugene Horace
Date of birth
17 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Moroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32585859
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 20 9

Immediate family

Members
Harry Gallipeau (father)
Leora Gallipeau (mother)
Margaret Gallipeau (sister)
Mary (Goodroe) Gallipeau (wife)
Arthur E. Gallipeau (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene H. Gallipeau enlisted in Rochester, New York on 17 December 1942.
He attended Monroe High School and was employed as a skilled photographic processor at Eastman Kodal Company. He had earned the Purple Heart for wounds suffered at Bastogne in December. He also held a Presidential Unit Citation.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930-1940 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet