Private, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Son of Robert Harris Gallaher and Clara (Evans) Gallaher. Entered the service from Minnesota. Awarded the Purple Heart.∼Also known by his nickname "Punky", Harry was the Beloved son of Clara Evans Gallaher and Robert Harris Gallaher, Sr. of Minneapolis and Excelsior, Minnesota; devoted Brother to Margaret Parks Gallaher and Robert H Gallaher Jr.
KIA Santa Fe, Luzon, PH on May 1 1945 against the Japanese Army. Private, BAR man, US Army 25th Infantry 'Tropic Lightning' Division.
Punky's loss was a source of profound sadness and grief for the Gallaher family for the rest of their lives. Bob and Gwen Gallaher named their son Harry Jr. after Punky.
KIA Santa Fe, Luzon, PH on May 1 1945 against the Japanese Army. Private, BAR man, US Army 25th Infantry 'Tropic Lightning' Division.
Punky's loss was a source of profound sadness and grief for the Gallaher family for the rest of their lives. Bob and Gwen Gallaher named their son Harry Jr. after Punky.
Private, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Son of Robert Harris Gallaher and Clara (Evans) Gallaher. Entered the service from Minnesota. Awarded the Purple Heart.∼Also known by his nickname "Punky", Harry was the Beloved son of Clara Evans Gallaher and Robert Harris Gallaher, Sr. of Minneapolis and Excelsior, Minnesota; devoted Brother to Margaret Parks Gallaher and Robert H Gallaher Jr.
KIA Santa Fe, Luzon, PH on May 1 1945 against the Japanese Army. Private, BAR man, US Army 25th Infantry 'Tropic Lightning' Division.
Punky's loss was a source of profound sadness and grief for the Gallaher family for the rest of their lives. Bob and Gwen Gallaher named their son Harry Jr. after Punky.
KIA Santa Fe, Luzon, PH on May 1 1945 against the Japanese Army. Private, BAR man, US Army 25th Infantry 'Tropic Lightning' Division.
Punky's loss was a source of profound sadness and grief for the Gallaher family for the rest of their lives. Bob and Gwen Gallaher named their son Harry Jr. after Punky.
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PVT 35 INF 25 DIV
Gravesite Details
Remains interred in US military cemetery in Manila; headstone placed in Gallaher family plot at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis MN.
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