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PVT Gerard Lambert Desroches

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PVT Gerard Lambert Desroches Veteran

Birth
Quebec, Canada
Death
16 Mar 1945 (aged 37)
Aegidienberg, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium GPS-Latitude: 50.6967, Longitude: 5.9012889
Plot
D Row 2 Grave 31
Memorial ID
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Son of Arthur Desroches & Marie E. Desroches.

Gerald served as a Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Franklin County, Vermont prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 7, 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being employed in trades and services and also as Married.

Gerard was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 31462328

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Son of Arthur Desroches & Marie E. Desroches.

Gerald served as a Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Franklin County, Vermont prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 7, 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He was noted as being employed in trades and services and also as Married.

Gerard was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 31462328

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Inscription

PVT 60 INF BN 9 ARMD DIV VERMONT


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