Iowa County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....McMAHAN, Gerald Owen 
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Cemetery:           St. Bridgets Cemetery, Ridgeway, Iowa Co., Wi.
Name:               Gerald Owen McMAHAN
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McMAHAN, Gerald Owen
03 Nov 1917- 15 Jan 1942
PVT
53rd INF
WIS
Born in Cobb, Iowa Co., Wi.
Son of John Joseph & Annie Catherine (McDERMOTT) McMAHAN
Birth:Iowa Co. reg deeds, Vol 36 pg 23. All baptisms Gerald-Jerome have no 
dates because of a house fire in 1931 at the parsonage of St. Bridgets church.
Military: Gerald enlisted in the Army when he was 23 years old. According to 
Army records Laura has, he was 5'6" tall, grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy 
complexion. He was discharged April 17, 1941 at Headquarters 7th division, Ft 
Ord, Ca. #36200942 Private, Company L, 53rd infantry.
 
Obit: Unknown newspaper, in the papers of Phronia McMahan:
                                               Blue Mounds Man Dies At 
Dodgeville Hospital
     Dodgeville, Wis-Gerald McMahan 24, Blue Mounds, died in a local hospital 
today after a long illness. He is survived by his father John McMahan; six 
brothers, Glenn, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; John, Chicago; William, Jerome, Blue 
Mounds; Aldean of Texas; Francis, Madison; four sisters, Laura, Anna, and 
Ellen, Blue Mounds; and Mary, Madison. Funeral services will be held monday.
 
A newspaper correction, also found in the papers of Phronia McMahan:
                                                McMahan Services Will Be Held 
On Saturday
     Blue Mounds, Wis.- Funeral services for Gerald McMahan, 24, Blue Mounds, 
who died at Dodgeville hospital thursday, will be held here Saturday instead 
of Monday, as has been previously announced.
 
A newspaper piece found in the papers of Phronia McMahan:
                                                     Since You're Gone
     It's been one whole year since you've gone away. And we miss you, son and 
brother dear, Day by day and in every way. Still we see your smiling eyes and 
hear your happy laughter; But you've traveled on to peaceful skies, To the 
heaven we all are after.
     Time has helped to heal the heartaches, But your place we cannot fill; 
And your voice reechoes in every space Clear and softly still.
     War has not made us forget you, Or the life you so nobly led; Only you're 
home now with God so true. And this was torn world you've exchanged
 For a starry crown instead.
     -By Staff Sgt. Ray F. Decker Hawaiin Island, Jan. 15, 1943 For my dear 
friend Pvt. Vincent Aldean McMahan, his father, sisters, and brothers, in 
commemoration of his brother, Gerald McMahan who departed from this earth a 
year ago today.
 

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record 
about Gerald O McMahan 
Name: Gerald O McMahan 
Birth Year: 1917  
Race: White, citizen  
Nativity State or Country: Wisconsin  
State: Wisconsin  
County or City: Dane  
    
Enlistment Date: 23 Jan 1941 
Enlistment State: Wisconsin  
Enlistment City: Milwaukee  
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA  
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA  
Grade: Private  
Grade Code: Private  
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for assignment to another corps area  
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)  
Source: Civil Life  
    
Education: Grammar school  
Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman  
Marital Status: Single, with dependents  
Height: 67  
Weight: 133  


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