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Personal info

Full name
CAMERON, Gerard Edward
Date of birth
16 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norfolk, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31030719
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riquewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 1

Immediate family

Members
William D. Cameron (father)
Jennie E. (Joyce) Cameron (mother)
William R. Cameron (brother)
James A. Cameron (brother)
Virginia E. Cameron (sister)
Joseph A. Cameron (brother)
Margery A. Cameron (sister)
Frances B. (Colpitts) Cameron (wife)
Mary Cameron (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Gerard E. Cameron attended high school for four years and was a boilermaker.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 March 1941 and was married to Frances Barbara Colpitts on 6 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940/1950 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Https://36th-id.frb.io / 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspaperarchive.com - Biddeford Daily Journal