S2/c Gerard James Vail

Born: 11 January 1927

Parents: James Vail, Sr. & Isabel Vail

Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother

Home:

    - 811 South Fifteenth Avenue, Maywood, Illinois

Education:

    - Manuel Training High School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1945

Enlisted:

    - 2 January 1945

Rank: Seaman Second Class

Serial Number: Unknown

Training: 

    - Unknown

Died:

    - 8 July 1945

        - Edward Hines Veteran Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois

            - from disease

Buried: 

    - Elmwood Cemetery - River Grove, Illinois

        - Interred: 12 July 1945 

   Note: posthumously awarded high school diploma

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