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Personal info

Full name
GANGLOFF, Alden Raymond
Date of birth
16 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31030765
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 54

Immediate family

Members
Valmore Gangloff (father)
Louise K. (Trask) Gangloff (mother)
Rachael L. Gangloff (sister)

More information

T/4 Alden R. Gangloff attended college for two years and was employed at the Turner Tanning Machine Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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