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Personal info

Full name
GOCHEE, Peter Francis Jr
Date of birth
13 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31412166
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 34

Immediate family

Members
Peter F. Gochee (father)
Ethel Gochee (mother)
Winfield C. Gochee (brother)
Clarence Gochee (brother)
Frank Gochee (brother)
Ward Gochee (brother)

More information

Pvt Peter F. Gochee Jr. enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 20 July 1944.

He is remembered on a monument in his hometown.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.om, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, rcelt