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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Gale Albert
Date of birth
28 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36453688
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 53

Immediate family

Members
Max A. Ross (father)
Agnes A. (Couture) Ross (mother)
June V. Ross (sister)
Thelma I. Ross (sister)
Clara J. (Vanderhoff) Ross (wife)

More information

Pfc Gale A. Ross enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 22 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com

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