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Personal info

Full name
GAYDON, Alexander Bernard
Date of birth
12 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Hometown
Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33481227
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Alexander B. Gaydon (father)
Maggie (Hathersall) Gaydon (mother)
Harold G. Gaydon (brother)
Margaret H. Gaydon (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Alexander B. Gaydon was a stock clerk at Sears Roebuck Company before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 12 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for hus action against the enemy at Normandy, France, on 14 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Felix the Cat