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Personal info

Full name
GAUTHIER, Joseph A
Date of birth
21 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rumford, Oxford County, Maine
Hometown
Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

Military service

Service number
O-424824
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 31

Immediate family

Members
Louis Gauthier (father)
Mary L. (St. Pierre) Gauthier (mother)
Georges Gauthier (brother)
Rose Gauthier (sister)
Adrien Gauthier (brother)
Lucine Gauthier (sister)
Laurent Gauthier (brother)
Lempi I. (Whitman) Gauthier (wife)

More information

Capt. Joseph H. Gauthier was a sales clerk before he joined the National Guard on 24 February 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Phylis Thompson Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Phylis Thompson Family Tree