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Personal info

Full name
GAMMANS, Richard Gladstone
Date of birth
17 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Hometown
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35905132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Malsfeld-Spangenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Raymond F. Gammans (father)
Gladys J. (Morris) Gammans (mother)
June Gammans (sister)
Raymond F. Gammans Jr. (brother)
Helen J. Gammans (sister)
James E. Gammans (brother)
Michael Gammans (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard G. Gammans attended the St. Joan of Arc School and later Kokomo High School.

He was placed in the 4-F classification in the Selective Service registration, but persisted in his effort to get into the army. He was rejected a second time, because of being underweight. He tried a third time and by stuffing himself with bananas and drinking huge quantities of water he was able to get his weight up enough to pass examination. He finally enlisted on 22 July 1944.

The boat on which he went across was sunk but he was rescued.

He joined B Company near the end or just after the Battle of the Bulge.

His younger brother, Sergeant James E. Gammans, was killed in action in Korea on 18 September 1950.

Nota about his name: On some documents, like in the Kokomo High School yearbook, his name was spelled Gammons.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Gammans Klingenberg Family Tree, The Kokomo Tribune, www.super6th.org - After Action Report CCB

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Kokomo High School Yearbook 1940