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Personal info

Full name
GALLOP, Oral Henry
Date of birth
3 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Marshall, Logan County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38018560
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Mulhausen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 9

Immediate family

Members
John H. Gallop (father)
Edith C. (Browning) Gallop (mother)
Loma Gallop (sister)
Cora E. Gallop (sister)

More information

T/5 Oral H. Gallop worked on a farm before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 13 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Browning Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy