Gerald D. Posey
Private, U.S. Army
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PVT Gerald D. Posey
Gerald D. Posey
Private, U.S. Army
Service #38506585
Assigned to the
701st Tank Battalion, European Theatre
Laid to Rest at Plot E, Row 1, Grave 7
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands
Killed in Action (KIA) April 9, 1945
Awards:
Purple Heart
American Campaign
Service Medal
European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal
World War II
Victory Medal
Pvt Gerald Posey entered the US Army from Little Rock Arkansas
and his loss is Recorded on
the American Battle Monuments Commission website and the
US Army World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of Arkansas, Page 2.
The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
SERIAL NUMBER
38506585
NAME
POSEY GERALD D
RESIDENCE: STATE
ARKANSAS
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
BENTON
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
5/7/1943
GRADE, ALPHA
Private
BRANCH: CODE
No branch assignment
FIELD USE AS DESIRED
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
Civil Life
NATIVITY
ARKANSAS
YEAR OF BIRTH
1924
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
White, citizen
EDUCATION
4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
170 Sales clerks
MARITAL STATUS
Single, with dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER
# (NO DATA ENTERED
BOX NUMBER
1344
FILM REEL NUMBER
6.110
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