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Personal info

Full name
GALOOB, Maurice
Date of birth
10 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Carter County, Oklahoma
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
38566247
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 1 10

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Galoob (father)
Sarah L. (Tarbis) Galoob (mother)
Dorothy B. Galoob (sister)
Henry J. Galoob (brother)
Ruth L. Galoob (sister)
Lewis Galoob (brother)
Maxene M. Galoob (sister)
Leon N. Galoob (brother)
Edith (Wolfson ) Galoob (wife)

More information

Sgt Maurice J. Galoob graduated from Central High School and attended college for one year. He was employed at Galoob Iron and Metal Company.

He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 12 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Goldfine Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Garrett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Men and Women in the Armed Forces - Carter County, OK