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Personal info

Full name
YASHER, Gilbert Robert
Date of birth
13 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
32233046
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
135th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 77

Immediate family

Members
Talla Yasher (father)
Beatrice E. Yasher (mother)
Marvin Yasher (brother)

More information

Pfc Gilbert R. Yasher graduated from Celoron High School and was employed at the Maddox Table Company.

He enlisted at Fort Niagara, New York on 6 February 1942.

Pfc Yasher died in a field hospital from the effects of artillery shell fragments to the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - RelyRoTH
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery