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Personal info

Full name
GALLAGHER, Donald J
Date of birth
23 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33235032
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 7 5

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Gallagher (father)
Bertha S. (Miller) Gallagher (mother)
Cecilia C. Gallagher (sister)
Mary J. Gallagher (sister)
Charlotte V. Gallagher (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald J. Gallagher attended high school for 1 year and worked in the grocery store conducted by his father before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 30 June 1942. He had been overseas since December 1942. He died in France of wounds received in action.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Climbing the Trees, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Sun Pennsylvania 29 December 1944
Photo source: -, www.newspaperarchive.com - The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.)