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Personal info

Full name
GALLEGOS, Henry Everett
Date of birth
15 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
Hometown
Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38148934
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Zundert, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Joe E. Gallegos (father)
Mary N. (Alire) Gallegos (mother)
Theodore D. Gallegos (brother)
Moser Gallegos (brother)
George Gallegos (brother)
Daisy Gallegos (sister)
Joe Gallegos (brother)
Anthony J. Gallegos (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry E. Gallegos enlisted on 27 March 1942. He attended high school for 2 years and was married. He was employed at the Civilian Conservation Corps in Springfield, Colorado at the time he enlisted.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Arjan van Hassel, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten