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Personal info

Full name
GASSER, Gordon Willard
Date of birth
6 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36161235
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Katerbosch, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 13 27

Immediate family

Members
William Gasser (father)
Ida (Schonbachler) Gasser (mother)
Harold Gasser (brother)

More information

Sgt Gordon W. Gasser graduated from Southeastern High School in 1936.

He enlisted on 14 November 1941 at Fort Custer, Michigan.

The picture was taken in high school in 1936.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com., WII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Southeastern High school 1936