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Jesse M. Gallagher perse la vita sui cieli d'Italia il 20 febbraio 1945. Morì all'istante quando il paracadute non si aprì dopo che si era lanciato dal B-24 nei pressi di Pontebba. Apparteneva alla 15ª Air Force ed era mitragliere su un Liberator. Si era arruolato il 16 giugno 1941 e si era addestrato alla Tyndall Gunnery School, in Florida.Jesse M. Gallagher lost his life over Italy on 20 February 1945. He was killed instantly when his parachute failed to open after he leaped from the B-24 near Pontebba. He belonged to the 15th Air Force and was a gunner on a Liberator. He had entered the service on 16 June 1941 and trained at the Tyndall Gunnery School in Florida.Jesse M. Gallagher verlor sein Leben über Italien am 20. Februar 1945. Er war sofort tot, als sich sein Fallschirm nach dem Absprung aus der B-24 bei Pontebba nicht öffnete. Er gehörte zur 15th Air Force und war Schütze auf einem Liberator. Er war am 16. Juni 1941 in den Dienst getreten und hatte an der Tyndall Gunnery School in Florida trainiert.
Partì oltreoceano il 17 ottobre 1944. Stava compiendo la sua quattordicesima missione quando trovò la morte. Nato a Huntingdon il 2 marzo 1922, era figlio unico di Merle S. e Margaret A. Gallagher. Si era diplomato alla Huntingdon High School nel 1941 ed era membro della First Presbyterian Church e del Boy Scout Troop 8.He went overseas on 17 October 1944. He was flying his fourteenth mission when he met his death. Born in Huntingdon on 2 March 1922, he was the only child of Merle S. and Margaret A. Gallagher. He graduated from Huntingdon High School in 1941 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and of Boy Scout Troop 8.Am 17. Oktober 1944 ging er nach Übersee. Er flog seinen vierzehnten Einsatz, als er den Tod fand. Geboren am 2. März 1922 in Huntingdon, war er das einzige Kind von Merle S. und Margaret A. Gallagher. 1941 machte er seinen Abschluss an der Huntingdon High School und war Mitglied der First Presbyterian Church und der Boy Scout Troop 8.
Sua madre, Margaret A. Gallagher, scrisse a più riprese alle autorità per conoscere il luogo di sepoltura del figlio.His mother, Margaret A. Gallagher, wrote repeatedly to the authorities to learn the place of her son's burial.Seine Mutter, Margaret A. Gallagher, schrieb wiederholt an die Behörden, um die Grabstätte ihres Sohnes zu erfahren.
