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Personal info

Full name
FAGAN, Gerald Benedict
Date of birth
21 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1323414
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
The outskirts of Sevenig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 1 28

Immediate family

Members
Patrick T. Fagan (father)
Ida E. Fagan (mother)
Charles Fagan (brother)
Thomas L. Fagan (brother)
Patrick M. Fagan (brother)
William J. Fagan (brother)
Philip Fagan (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Gerald B. Fagan worked as a coal inspector of the City of Pittsburgh.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 19 September 1941 and was sent overseas on 25 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII, The Pittsburgh Press - 28 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Pittsburgh Press - 28 October 1944, Brookline Memorial