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Personal info

Full name
GALLAGHER, William Irwin
Date of birth
27 November 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Brown County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36249337
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Fort Jeanne d'Arc
Châtel-Saint-Germain, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 101

Immediate family

Members
Patrick O. Gallagher (father)
Pearl C. (Streckenbach) Gallagher (mother)
Sylvester P. Gallagher (brother)
Marguerite P. Gallagher (sister)
Florence M. Gallagher (sister)
James W. Gallagher (brother)
Elizabeth J. (Thompson) Gallagher (wife)
Marie J. Gallagher (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt William I. Gallagher orked in the production of beverages before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 13 July 1942.

He was killed in action by mortar fire.

S/Sgt Gallagher was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – H. Braun, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gilbert Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - twgilbert