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Personal info

Full name
BERRY, Gilmer Wade
Date of birth
24 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Stokes County, North Carolina
Hometown
Madison, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34899405
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberotterbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 32

Immediate family

Members
John D. Berry (father)
Nannie E. (Mabe) Berry (mother)
John E. Berry (brother)
Willie A. Berry (brother)
Ernest C. Berry (brother)
Robert E. Berry (brother)
Ollie M. Berry (sister)
Avis (Hicks) Berry (wife)
Johnny L. Berry (son)

More information

Pfc Gilmer W. Berry was married to Avis Hicks on 14 September 1940.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 25 January 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia Marriage Records / https://36th-id.frb.io
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