Wallace J. Gillespie

Private First Class Wallace J Gillespie grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
38th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
2nd Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Germany 

Biography:

Wallace J Gillespie was born in Dundee, Walsh County, North Dakota on August 30, 1920, to James Robertson Gillespie and Mary Duffy. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on June 20, 1944, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Private First Class Gillespie was killed in action on March 30, 1945, in Germany; buried in Grave 9058, Block 9, Section C, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave