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Personal info

Full name
GARDEN, George James
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20121627
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 35

Immediate family

Members
John J. Garden (father)
Marion H. (White) Garden (mother)
Gladys H. Garden (sister)
John J. Garden (brother)
Clara Garden (wife)

More information

Pfc George J. Garden was a painter before he joined the National Guard in Chelsea, Massachusetts in September 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gillies Sleat Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Charles Archer