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Personal info

Full name
LANDRY, Gedeon Joseph
Date of birth
25 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
West Broughton, Quebec, Canada
Hometown
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31107212
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Salzkotten-Etteln, South of Paderborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 14 7

Immediate family

Members
Gedeon Landry (father)
Mary (Fredette) Landry (mother)
J. Ronaldo Landry (half brother)
Adelina Landry (half sister)
Marie Landry (half sister)
Joseph P. Landy (brother)
Alice M. Landry (sister)

More information

T/5 Gedeon J. Landry arrived in the USA on 18 November 1929 and became an American citizen on 22 June 1942. He worked in a metal factory.

He enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire on 24 March 1942.

T/5 Gedeon J. Landry is remembered at St. Pierre-de-Broughton Cemetery in St. Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, Canada.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hrisch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / US Naturalization Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet