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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Gail De Loss
Date of birth
4 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa
Hometown
Dawson, Dallas County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
39078353
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Lewis (father)
Lela B. (Pasley) Lewis (mother)
Donald C. Lewis (brother)
Theodore N. Lewis (brother)
Bethel D. Lewis (sister)
Arlene L. Lewis (sister)
William A. Lewis (brother)
Robert D. Lewis (brother)
Betta M. Lewis (sister)

More information

Pfc Gail D. Lewis enlisted in Sacramento, California, on 22 March 1941.

He is remembered at the Dawson Cemetery in Dawson, Dallas County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / Lewis Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - SPC