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Personal info

Full name
GAGNE, Camille Ed
Date of birth
31 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Québec, Canada
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37314456
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Reinaldstraat
Near the Waal River bridge, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 17

Immediate family

Members
Henry Gagne (father)
Cecila Gagne (mother)
Florence J. Gagne (sister)
Joan Gagne (sister)
Jeannette V. Gagne (wife)
Robert Gagne (son)

More information

Pvt Gagne enlisted in October, 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1943.

He participated in the invasion of Sicily and was wounded in action in August 1943.

He also served in Salerno and Normandy.

He was killed in action while defending the Nijmegen bridge and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal.

His son was born two weeks after he went overseas.

Camille Gagne was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 23 September 1944.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / City Directory / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star