Gerald W. Kight | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	39179582
Unit	504th Parachute Infantry Regt, 82nd Airborne Division
Rank	Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Washington
Date of Death	September 28 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

504th Parachute Infantry Regt, 82nd Airborne Division

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Notes

PFC Kight's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. His remains have been recovered and identified.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.