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Personal info

Full name
GARESCHé, Edmond Louis "Garry"
Date of birth
25 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York, New York County, New York
Hometown
Short Hills, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42016276
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Kupferdreh, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 20 5

Immediate family

Members
Claude F. Garesché (father)
Wesley (Knapp) Garesché (mother)
Claudia Garesché (sister)
Patricia Garesché (sister)
Thomas Garesché (brother)

Source of information: FOHF, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_off.html

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Joseph Bisscheroux, U.S. School Yearbook