World War I casualty. Corporal, 84th Co. 6th Reg. USMC. Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was decorated with the French Fourragere and received five battle citations during engagements in the Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Marne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. Buried in Graceland Park Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Britten Galland, Salix, Iowa. Brother of Hugh Haven Galland, who was also a World War I casualty. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
World War I casualty. Corporal, 84th Co. 6th Reg. USMC. Killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was decorated with the French Fourragere and received five battle citations during engagements in the Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Marne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. Buried in Graceland Park Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Britten Galland, Salix, Iowa. Brother of Hugh Haven Galland, who was also a World War I casualty. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
