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Personal info

Full name
HORN, Gerald Eden
Date of birth
1 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33168414
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 36

Immediate family

Members
William G. Horn (father)
Christine E. (Little) Horn (mother)
Amelia K. Horn (stepmother)
Donald G. Horn (brother)
Barbara Horn (sister)

More information

T/5 Gerald E. Horn attended high school for three years and was employed at the Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg Company.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 4 April 1942.

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 / 1930 Census, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery