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Personal info

Full name
GALLAGHER, Gerard Charles
Date of birth
10 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ridgewood, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32826085
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 24

Immediate family

Members
Henry Gallagher (father)
Gertrude Gallagher (mother)
Gertrude Gallagher (sister)
Eileen G. Gallagher (sister)
Joan Gallagher (sister)

More information

Pfc Gerard C. Gallagher attended high school for 3 years and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 6 March 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten