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Personal info

Full name
OMHOLT, Gail Martin
Date of birth
22 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36202350
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Silas Omholt (father)
Mildred E. (Martin) Omholt (mother)
Aline I. Omholt (sister)
Gloria Omholt (sister)
Garth Omholt (brother)
Elizabeth G. (Culton) Omholt (wife)
Cindy Omholt (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Gail M. Omholt was a photographer at the Wultz Studio before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 25 February 1941.

He is remembered at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Gloria Omholt Getman, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / These R My People Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Jonelle, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Tribune Wisconsin 20 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Mina, www.ancestry.com – Gloria Getman / Laura Valenzuela