Obituary for George F. Egalite found on ancestry.com via newspapers.com. Article clipped from THE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday, June 28th, 1945 edition, page 4.

EX-WAVE MUSICIAN DIES

Pfc. George F. Egalite, husband of Mrs. Frances Egalite, Lexington, formerly of 1216 Woodlawn, died June 2 in Germany of poliomyelitis, according to a telegram received yesterday by his wife. Egalite, former musician at WAVE, entered the service in April, 1944, and went overseas in September, 1944. He was employed as a machinist at Curtiss-Wright Corporation as a civilian.

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #35079336

Enlistment Date: 04/06/1944

Entered the Service from: Kentucky

E Company, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division

George F. Egalite is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jefferson County, Kentucky.

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 lists Diagnosis: Poliomyelitis, acute.

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:

Mrs. Frances Egalite (Widow)

208 Bassett Avenue

Lexington, Kentucky

***I would like to thank Des Philippet Find A Grave ID 46914181 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank FleshTo Bones Find A Grave ID 47733024 for adding their photo to this memorial in addition to linking his mother to it***

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists residence as 1125 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Contact person listed as Mrs. Ilou Frances Egalite (Wife) of same address. Place of birth listed as Columbus, Ohio. Employed by Clayton McMichen (Radio Station WAVE), Louisville, Kentucky as of 10/16/1940 registration date. Thanks to FleshTo Bones for adding their photo of this information.