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Personal info

Full name
GAUDETTE, Edward W
Date of birth
28 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
20156031
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 37 4

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Richard (step-father)
Katherine M. Richard (mother)
Dorothy G. Richard (step-sister)

More information

Edward W. Gaudette attended Woonsocket Junior High School.

Pfc Edward W. Gaudette enlisted in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 U.S. Census, 1925/1935 Rhode Island State Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jac Engels