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Personal info

Full name
GANGWER, Thomas
Date of birth
16 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33345391
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 8

Immediate family

Members
William T. Gangwer (father)
Charlotte (Hughes) Gangwer (mother)
Adelaide Gangwer (sister)
Martha Gangwer (sister)
Ruth Gangwer (sister)
Edgar B. Gangwer (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas Gangwer enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 4 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and thigh.

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 / Randall Gromlich Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy