William Francis Galvin
Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Index of Massachusetts Casualties in World War II (Record Group PS1 / Series 447X)
Formerly missing in action aboard an escort carrier. Presumed dead. Release of December 6, 1944. Served in World War 1. Recalled in 1940. Aircraft Carrier Liscombe Bay. DOB 1900.
1944
Killed by accident at Greenville, Missippi, August 19, 1943. Burial August 24, 1943. Air Force. Hometown listed as Dorchester, MA.
1943
Died in service in the Pacific area. Release of March 19, 1945. Hometown listed as Roxbury, MA.
1945
Died by accident in California, October 10, 1944. Release of November 2, 1944. Hometown listed as Roxbury, MA.
1944
Killed in action in the European area. Release of August 11, 1943. Chaplain Corps. Hometown listed as Wollaston, MA.
1943
Killed in action in the Mediterranean area. Release of January 19, 1945. Hometown listed as Hyde Park, MA.
1945
Died in Belgium. Release of February 6, 1945. Hometown listed as Saxonville, MA.
1945
Killed in action in Germany, December 2, 1944. Release of January 3, 1945. Hometown listed as Roslindale, MA.
1944
Dead OWI #55 14 May 1945. Army serial number 400 52 82. Hometown listed as Roslindale, MA.
1945
Killed in action in the European area. Release of February 16, 1945. Hometown listed as Brighton, MA.
1945
Killed in action in Belgium. Release of January 12, 1945. 1st Army. Began active duty March 31, 1943. Hometown listed as Allston, MA. DOB 1909.
1945
Killed in action in the European area. Release of August 7, 1943. Flying Fortress Division. Turret Gunner.
1943
Died in service in the Pacific area. Release of March 23, 1945. Hometown listed as East Boston, MA.
1945
Killed in action in the Mediterranean area. Release of February 16, 1944. Air Force. Gunner. Began active duty March 18, 1941.
1944
Died in service while a prisoner of the Japanese. Release of July 29, 1943.
1943
Died in service in the Pacific area. Release of June 3, 1944. Seabees Unit. DOB 1901.
1944
Killed in action in the South Pacific. Release of August 14, 1944. Hometown listed as Brighton, MA.
1944
Killed in a plane crash Friday December 11, 1942, in Mississippi. He was stationed at Fort Devens, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida. Where he received his silver wings as a Gunnery Sergeant, being assigned to the Meridian Air Base, Mississippi. Meridian, Missisippi Air Base. Enlisted December 24, 1941. DOB 1923.
1942
Killed in action in European area. Release of October 25, 1944. Hometown listed as South Boston, MA.
1944
Killed in action in European area. Release of October 29, 1944. Hometown listed as Auburndale, MA.
1944
Killed in action in the European area. Release of March 3, 1945. Hometown listed as Dorchester, MA.
1945
Killed in action in North Africa, February 24, 1943. Release of July 22, 1943. DOB 1920.
1943
Died in service, overseas. Release of June 25, 1944. Seabees. Began active duty January 1943. DOB 1921.
1944
Killed in action in France. Release of September 5, 1944. Began active duty 1940. Hometown listed as Southboro, MA. DOB 1916.
1944
Killed in action in the European area. Release of November 14, 1944. Hometown listed as Jamaica Plain, MA.
1944
Listed as dead by US Navy 9/29/42. Hometown listed as West Newton, MA.
1942
Died in service in England. Release of March 12, 1944. Ordinance Department.
1944
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