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Personal info

Full name
GATES, Martin
Date of birth
20 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31453972
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Gates (father)
Mary (Sterman) Gates (mother)
Lillian Gates (sister)
Alice (Zablotsky) Gates (wife)
Steven Gates (son)

More information

Pvt Martin Gates enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 7 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Massachusetts Birth Index / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten