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Personal info

Full name
WYGAL, George Garfield
Date of birth
22 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lingle, Goshen County, Wyoming
Hometown
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39900587
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert S. Wygal (father)
Alice B. (Russell) Wygal (mother)
Fred C. Wygal (brother)
Charles Wygal (brother)
Wilmer W. Wygal (brother)
Mary E. Wygal (sister)
Edward R. Wygal (brother)
Francis S. Wygal (brother)
Ralph B. Wygal (brother)
Eva M. Wygal (sister)
Helen E. Wygal (sister)

More information

Pfc George G. Wygal attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Pocatello, Idaho on 21 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Stacy Lowe Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, The Times News 3 July 1945