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Personal info

Full name
GOGAL, Thomas Paul
Date of birth
19 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hauto, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33622882
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
B Battery
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 12 4

Immediate family

Members
John L. Gogal (father)
Anna M. (Stianchie) Gogal (mother)
Joseph Gogal (brother)
Mary Gogal (sister)
Louis Gogal (brother)
Victor E. Gogal (brother)
Edward Gogal (brother)
Theresa Gogal (sister)
Rita D. Gogal (sister)
John L. Gogal (brother)

More information

Cpl Thomas P. Gogal enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 April 1943 and volunteered for the paratroops.
A graduate of Nesquehoning High School in 1941, Gogal was employed by Fauzio brothers, stripping contractors. He was a member of St. Michael's church in Lansford. He was one of five sons in the Army.
He died during Operation Varsity.


Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Victor Gogal, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, P.M.G. Ackermans, www.findagrave.com - Victor Gogal