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Personal info

Full name
GAGNIER, Camille
Date of birth
28 August 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31324319
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 March 1946
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmittviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Hector Gagnier (father)
Mary A. (Freeman) Gagnier (mother)
Walteen Gagnier (sister)
Bernice J. Gagnier (sister)
Beulah F. Gagnier (sister)
Harold J. Gagnier (brother)
Roger H. Gagnier (brother)
Jaqueline Gagnier (sister)
Donald Gagnier (brother)

More information

Pfc Camille Gagnier attended high school for two years and was employed by the New Departure Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 19 February 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman