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Personal info

Full name
EASTMAN, Gerald Albert
Date of birth
22 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa
Hometown
Panora, Guthrie County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37676298
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 15 17

Immediate family

Members
Albert W. Eastman (father)
Leitha L. (Scott) Eastman (mother)
Marjorie Eastman (sister)
Wanita E. Eastman (sister)
Donald E. Eastman (brother)
Norma Eastman (sister)
Marylyn Eastman (sister)

More information

Pvt Gerald A. Eastman worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 30 July 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his neck.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

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 / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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