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Personal info

Full name
GAUCHER, Wallace Henry Jr
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31264121
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Falkenau (Sokolov), Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 15 12

Immediate family

Members
Wallace H. Gaucher Sr. (father)
Mildres (Benoit) Gaucher (mother)
Richard J. Gaucher (brother)
Cecelia T. Gaucher (sister)
Clairmont H. Gaucher (brother)
Frances J. Gaucher (sister)
Nancy L. Gaucher (sister)

More information

Sgt Wallace H. Gaucher Jr. an attendant at a filling station before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 25 May 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Massachusetts Birth Index / 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Sandidias Family Tree, History of the 1st Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Marlboro Enterprise