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Personal info

Full name
GARDINER, Hugh Roland Jr
Date of birth
20 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Endicott, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Owego, Tioga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42165378
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mainz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 9

Immediate family

Members
Hugh R. Gardiner (father)
Wilma W. (Hills) Gardiner (mother)
Phyllis M. Gardiner (sister)
Mary A. Gardiner (sister)
Bruce R. Gardiner (brother)

More information

Pvt Hugh R. Gardiner attended Owego Free Academy for 4 years and was a farmer before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 26 September 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 / Doty Tull Family Tree / New York State Birth Index, www.findagrave.com – Thelma Jane Dorsey

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Owego New York