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TSGT Everett Oliver Gardner

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TSGT Everett Oliver Gardner

Birth
Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
23 Nov 1944 (aged 25)
Belgium
Burial
Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
Plot
Greenwood Lot # 133 - grave 3
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Everett O Gardner was a Technical Sergeant in the US Army during WWII. After his discharge he was asked to re-enlist in 1944 to participate in the campaign against the German forces that were conducting a major offensive through the densely forested Ardennes region in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. He was assigned to the 104th Infantry Division, in the 413th Regiment, known as the "Timberwolves". The "Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) involved 610,000 American men. Over the course of the 41 day battle the Americans suffered 19,000 killed and a total of 89,000 casualties. Germans casualties were over 100,000.
The Battle of the Bulge is considered the bloodiest battle for American troops in all of World War II.
Everett O Gardner was KIA 3 weeks prior to the Battle of the Bulge as the Timberwolves made their way through Stolberg and Eschweiler to clear the area west of the Inde River. . At the time of his re-enlistment he was a resident of Marlow, New Hampshire and his name is on the Memorial War Monument in front of Jones Hall in Marlow, New Hampshire.
Everett O Gardner was a Technical Sergeant in the US Army during WWII. After his discharge he was asked to re-enlist in 1944 to participate in the campaign against the German forces that were conducting a major offensive through the densely forested Ardennes region in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. He was assigned to the 104th Infantry Division, in the 413th Regiment, known as the "Timberwolves". The "Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) involved 610,000 American men. Over the course of the 41 day battle the Americans suffered 19,000 killed and a total of 89,000 casualties. Germans casualties were over 100,000.
The Battle of the Bulge is considered the bloodiest battle for American troops in all of World War II.
Everett O Gardner was KIA 3 weeks prior to the Battle of the Bulge as the Timberwolves made their way through Stolberg and Eschweiler to clear the area west of the Inde River. . At the time of his re-enlistment he was a resident of Marlow, New Hampshire and his name is on the Memorial War Monument in front of Jones Hall in Marlow, New Hampshire.

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