Gahagan, Joseph Eugene

Date of birth:: May 29th, 1925 (Saint Paul/Kansas, United States)
Date of death:: June 23rd, 1984
Service number:: 37536576
Nationality:: American

Biography

Joseph Eugene Gahagan was called for duty on July 28th, 1943 and enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on August 18th, 1943. He left for Europe on March 22nd, 1944, arriving there on April 3rd, 1944. Joseph Gahagan served with Company M, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He returned back into the United States on December 19th, 1945 and was honorably discharged as a Corporal on December 26th, 1945 at the Separation Center Camp Fannin, Texas.

Joseph Eugene Gahagan was also entitled to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge.

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Combat Infantryman Badge

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 18th, 1944

Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division "Indianhead", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: December 26th, 1945

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1945

Awarded with five bronze campaign stars (or one silver) for the campaigns "NORMANDY", "NORTHERN FRANCE", "ARDENNES", "RHINELAND" and "CENTRAL EUROPE".

General Orders No. 33, War Department (1945).