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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 22513" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ruddy </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gerard A. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 1 Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-1298765 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th June 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Normandy American Cemetery,France Plot D Row 4 Grave 5 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Scranton,Lackawanna County,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>501 PIR 1940-41 (Staff Sgt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded airborne wings March 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>503 PIR 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>502 PIR 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>504 PIR 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Officer Candidate School,Class 94 August 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 2Lt November 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>508 PIR</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Normandy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>date of death also given as 14.6.1944 in official records and headstone (error)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-ruddy.10717/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10717-d8f25b4e895bca1826166422ad142b9b.jpg?1591389900" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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