Pvt. G. W. Turcotte Funeral Monday
POTSDAM - The body of Pvt. Gerald W. Turcotte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred J. Turcotte of 5 Missouri av., will arrive in Potsdam by train tomorrow night where it will be met by a military escort of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Full military honors will be paid at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Church and burial will be in the family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery, Malone. Pvt. Turcotte was killed in action on Nov. 21, 1944, while serving with the 101 Infantry of the 26st Division in France. He was 21 years old at the time. Born in Malone on Feb. 15, 1923, he graduated from Potsdam High School in 1941 and attended Clarkson College for two years. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister, Miss Elizabeth Turcotte of New York, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Jarvis of Malone, who is 90 years old. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Thursday, September 23, 1948, p. 3, Col. 5)
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POTSDAM - The body of Pvt. Gerald W. Turcotte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred J. Turcotte of 5 Missouri av., will arrive in Potsdam by train tomorrow night where it will be met by a military escort of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Full military honors will be paid at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Church and burial will be in the family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery, Malone. Pvt. Turcotte was killed in action on Nov. 21, 1944, while serving with the 101 Infantry of the 26st Division in France. He was 21 years old at the time. Born in Malone on Feb. 15, 1923, he graduated from Potsdam High School in 1941 and attended Clarkson College for two years. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister, Miss Elizabeth Turcotte of New York, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Jarvis of Malone, who is 90 years old. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Thursday, September 23, 1948, p. 3, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Barb Destromp Find A Grave ID 46785064 for adding her gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Silvano Theunissen Find A Grave 47952579 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
Pvt. G. W. Turcotte Funeral Monday
POTSDAM - The body of Pvt. Gerald W. Turcotte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred J. Turcotte of 5 Missouri av., will arrive in Potsdam by train tomorrow night where it will be met by a military escort of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Full military honors will be paid at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Church and burial will be in the family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery, Malone. Pvt. Turcotte was killed in action on Nov. 21, 1944, while serving with the 101 Infantry of the 26st Division in France. He was 21 years old at the time. Born in Malone on Feb. 15, 1923, he graduated from Potsdam High School in 1941 and attended Clarkson College for two years. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister, Miss Elizabeth Turcotte of New York, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Jarvis of Malone, who is 90 years old. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Thursday, September 23, 1948, p. 3, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Barb Destromp Find A Grave ID 46785064 for adding her gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Silvano Theunissen Find A Grave 47952579 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
POTSDAM - The body of Pvt. Gerald W. Turcotte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred J. Turcotte of 5 Missouri av., will arrive in Potsdam by train tomorrow night where it will be met by a military escort of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Full military honors will be paid at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Church and burial will be in the family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery, Malone. Pvt. Turcotte was killed in action on Nov. 21, 1944, while serving with the 101 Infantry of the 26st Division in France. He was 21 years old at the time. Born in Malone on Feb. 15, 1923, he graduated from Potsdam High School in 1941 and attended Clarkson College for two years. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister, Miss Elizabeth Turcotte of New York, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Jarvis of Malone, who is 90 years old. (Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, Thursday, September 23, 1948, p. 3, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding the obituary to it***
***I would like to thank Barb Destromp Find A Grave ID 46785064 for adding her gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Silvano Theunissen Find A Grave 47952579 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
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PVT GERALD W TURCOTTE
BORN FEB. 15, 1922
KILLED IN ACTION
TORCHEVILLE, FRANCE
NOV. 21, 1944
WORLD WAR II
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