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Personal info

Full name
GILLINGS, Norman Paul
Date of birth
11 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Royalton, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Hartland, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32550703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
F Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Roermond, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Luther H. Gillings (father)
Ella A. (Minnick) Gillings (mother)
Albert Gillings (brother)
Ellis W. Gillings (brother)
Roma (Johnson) Gillings (wife)

More information

Pfc Norman P. Gillings enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 26 September 1942.

He is remembered at the Hartland Central Cemetery in Hartland, Niagara County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com – ChrisB, www.ancestry.com – WWII Enlistment Record / 1915/1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, 1928 Lockport High School yearbook, ChrisB