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, Neupré, 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, Neupré, Belgium and also has a cenotaph located in Saint Charles Cemetery, Westminster, Windham County, Vermont.