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Gerald R. Marine

Staff Sergeant Air Force World War II

Air Force
Air Force
Branch of Service
Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Unit
389th Bomber Group AAF
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
03/10/1943 – 07/07/1944
Date of Birth
02/21/1923
Date of Death
07/07/1944
Hometown
Leesburg, OH
Burial Location
Leesburg Twp: Hopewell
Monument Paver
Yes — Section D
Overseas Service
Germany
Township (entering service)
Leesburg
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
Leesburg-Magnetic High School
Status
Killed in Action
When
07/07/1944
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

Overseas service: Germany. School: Leesburg-Magnetic High School. serial #35632851; hometown listed as Marion County, Ohio, in War Dept. File, Army Casualty List, and enlistment record; buried in Row 3, Hopewell Cemetery; KIA Ancestry: Find A Grave, Headstone & Interment Record

Source: G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 3, p. 79; National Archives; War Dept. File | Ancestry - Find A Grave & U.S. headstone Applications for Military Veterans; JT News Item