Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
GAEDE, Gunter
Date of birth
31 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Muleshoe, Bailey County, Texas
Hometown
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38580410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 17

Immediate family

Members
Fritz H. Gaede (father)
Else (Buchholz) Gaede (mother)
Lottie Gaede (sister)
Gerhard Gaede (brother)
Helen Gaede (sister)
Fred Gaede (brother)
Paul Gaede (brother)
Lillie M. Gaede (sister)
Willie Gaede (brother)
Marcio Gaede (sister)
Robert L. Gaede (brother)

More information

Pvt Gunter Gaede was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 10 April 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Texas Birth Certificates / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Albuquerque Journal 20 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, New Mexico State Library Santa Fe / www.newspapers.com - Albuquerque Journal 20 February 1945