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Personal info

Full name
BOLINGER, Galen Omer
Date of birth
6 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota
Hometown
Waseca County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37561261
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Insviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 36

Immediate family

Members
Omer B. Bolinger (father)
Alma F. (Lindenburger) Bolinger (mother)
Viola A. Bolinger (sister)
Darlene M. Bolinger (sister)
Donna M. Bolinger (sister)
Lavonna M. Bolinger (sister)

More information

Sgt Galen O. Bolinger was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McMahan Melvin Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - kbwka