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PVT Harold Brown Galley

Birth	:	19 Mar 1912 Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	17 Nov 1944 Germany
Burial	:	Batavia Union Cemetery, Batavia, Clermont County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0778389, -84.1677094
Inscription	:	NEBRASKA PVT 16 INF 1 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
Description	:	Son of Charles B. Galley. Married to Irene P. Smith on 6-19-1934 at Columbus, NE. Private - Company "C",16th Infantry, 1st Division - Killed in action. Joined the US Army on 3-31-1944. Service held on 11-12-1947 when his remains were brought back to the US. ----------------------------------------- GALLEY, Harold B., Pvt., 37738946, DOB March 17, 1912. a) Omaha, Nebraska. b) Spring 1944, B/63/13. c) November 17, 1944, Germany. d) Company C, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Infantry Division. e) Stanton: The 1st Inf. Div. laid siege to the fortress city of Aachen on Sept. 12, 1944... Read More	Son of Charles B. Galley. Married to Irene P. Smith on 6-19-1934 at Columbus, NE. Private - Company "C",16th Infantry, 1st Division - Killed in action. Joined the US Army on 3-31-1944. Service held on 11-12-1947 when his remains were brought back to the US. ----------------------------------------- GALLEY, Harold B., Pvt., 37738946, DOB March 17, 1912. a) Omaha, Nebraska. b) Spring 1944, B/63/13. c) November 17, 1944, Germany. d) Company C, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Infantry Division. e) Stanton: The 1st Inf. Div. laid siege to the fortress city of Aachen on Sept. 12, 1944 and the city was finally taken on Oct. 21. The division then opened the First Army's offensive to secure the Roer River Crossings east of Aachen on Nov. 16. This was the beginning of the controversial Huertgen Forest Battle which lasted almost five months and killed or incapacitated 33,000 First Army men. f) Henri Chappelle #1, Belgium, Plot X, Row 1, Grave 20; Columbus Cemetery, Columbus, Nebraska. g) Daughter, Carolyn A. Givan, . She writes: "My father wrote quite a nice letter to me when I was a little girl that tells in detail how they traveled. He also tells me why he is fighting and for whom. It is a patriotic letter written from one of the cattle cars in which the men were transported. This letter was printed in The Omaha World Herald on Thanksgiving Day, 2008." h) Harold Galley was 32 years old and married with children at the time he was drafted and had been in the Army less than eight months when he was killed. Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge. ----------------------------------------- From the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0182.htm Private Harold Galley was born in Columbus, Nebraska, on March 19, 1912, and was killed in action in Germany on November 17, 1944. He was a member of one of the early pioneer families in Platte County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Galley of Columbus Township. He had two brothers, Walter and Wayne Galley, and one sister, Norma Galley Berry, living; and a brother, Ralph, and a sister, Rosella Galley, deceased. On June 19, 1935, Harold Galley was united in marriage to Miss Irene Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith of Columbus Township. Harold Galley and Irene Smith Galley had one daughter, Carolyn Galley. As a boy, Harold resided on the Galley farm southeast of Columbus where his great-grandfather, his grandfather, and his father have lived successively. He attended District 9 School in Columbus Township, and Kramer High School in Columbus, where he was graduated in the class of 1930. Following his marriage in 1935, with the exception of a year and a half at Bellwood, Nebraska, he made his home in Columbus until 1940, when he moved his family to Omaha, where he became associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He entered the service on March 31, 1944, and received his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. He went overseas to the European Theatre of Operations in September, 1944. Private Harold Galley was killed in action while with the First Army in Germany on November 17, 1944. He was the second Platte County man brought home for reburial. Interment was in the Columbus Cemetery. Military services were held for him at the Gass Chapel on November 12, 1947. Reverend Walter H. Jackson, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated at the service; and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and the Spanish-American War Veterans took part in the military rite.

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Where is PVT Harold Brown Galley's memorial?
PVT Harold Brown Galley's memorial is located at: Batavia Union Cemetery, Batavia, Clermont County, USA.
When did PVT Harold Brown Galley death?
PVT Harold Brown Galley death on 17 Nov 1944 in Germany
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Latitude: 39.0778389
Longitude: -84.1677094

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Button Galley

(1884 - 1960)

Inez Belle Brown Galley

(1892 - 1981)

Spouse

Irene Pearl Smith Galley

(1909 - 2002)

Siblings

Ralph Charles Galley

(1914 - 1935)

Rosella Emily Galley

(1916 - 1920)

Norma M Galley Berry-Noble

(1925 - 1998)

Wayne Galley

(1927 - 2020)

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