Gallagher Bernard F.

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Bernard F. Gallagher is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

825th Tank Destroyer Battalion and 291st Engineer Combat Battalion Plaque

Name:

Bernard F. Gallagher

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

31156360

Unit:

825th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-12-18

State:

Vermont

Cemetery:

Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupr�, Belgium

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Bernard Francis Gallagher was born on September 1, 1905, and was a native of North Walpole, New Hampshire. Before enlisting he worked at a paper company and served in the National Guard. He enlisted on September 15, 1942, in Rutland, Vermont, and was assigned to Company A of the 825th Tank Destroyer Battalion before being sent to Oklahoma and Texas to train. He was killed by machine gun fire while trying to escape from his truck which had been struck by a German mortar.

He is now buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupr�, Belgium and also has a cenotaph located in Saint Charles Cemetery, Westminster, Windham County, Vermont.