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Personal info

Full name
GATHERS, Marshall Lewis Jr
Date of birth
9 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
12200628
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Le Mans, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 31

Immediate family

Members
Marshall L. Gathers (father)
Lefa F. (Stark) Gathers (mother)
George Gathers (brother)
Charles A. Gathers (brother)
Ardine (Howard) Gathers (wife)

More information

Marshall L. Gathers Jr. was a driller before he volunteered for the U.S. Army in Buffalo, New York on 5 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Kristick Family Tree / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com
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