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Personal info

Full name
GATES, Edwin Weiland
Date of birth
24 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota
Hometown
Brown County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37585920
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 47

Immediate family

Members
Dwight H. Gates (father)
Helene M. (Weiland) Gates (mother)
John J. Gates (brother)
Gladys M. Gates (sister)
Robert D. Gates (brother)
Barbara (Cooper) Gates (wife)
Robert L. Gates (son)
James L. Gates (son)
Shirley J. Gates (daughter)

More information

Pfc Edwin W. Gates was a fireman before he enlisted.
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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Carlson Blaedorn Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Coleman
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