*last update 5/16/2020

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - G surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Garcia, Tony        
Gilbert, Norman        
Gleason, Dale Franklyn X      
Goode, Lowell Abraham X      
Gosse, Herman William X      

Andrew Garish, Sr. was born Dec. 13, 1920 to Alexander and Mary Fedora Garish. He died May 5, 2009 and is buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, IL.

Andrew served in World War II with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com


William Robert Geary was born Nov. 5, 1926 to John Richard and Josephine Mary King Geary. He died Sept. 19, 1948 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, IA.

William served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Peter W. Gordish, Jr. was born Sept. 18, 1919 to Peter (Sr.) and Anna Cashtalan Gordish. He died Dec. 15, 1945 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Petty Officer Gordish served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Pecos (AO-6) and was MIA/FOD/KIA when that vessel was bombed by enemy planes and sank in the open sea south of Java. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated May 2020

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