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First Name: George

Last Name: Gautier

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Branch: U.S. Army Air Forces (1941 - 1947)



Home of Record: Bergen County, NJ
Middle Name: J.



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Date of Death: 07 October 1944

Rank: Captain

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George J. Gautier

   
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•  World War II (1941 - 1945)

Biography:

George J. Gautier
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces

On 7 October 1944, Captain George J. Gautier was serving as Pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter Airplane in the 412th Fighter Squadron, 373rd Fighter Group, Ninth Air Force.

On that day, CPT Gautier’s unit was in aerial combat against German forces in the European Theater of Operations. CPT Gautier’s courageous actions and extraordinary heroism that day, at the cost of his life, earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.

Medals, Awards and Badges

Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart
Air Medal
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army Air Force Pilot Badge

Distinguished Service Cross Citation (Synopsis)

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to George J. Gautier (0-1699076), Captain (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 412th Fighter Squadron, 373d Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 7 October 1944, in the European Theater of Operations. Captain Gautier's unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the

United States Army Air Forces.

Headquarters: U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 29 (1945)

Burial

Captain George J. Gautier is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands in Plot K, Row 2, Grave 4.

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56299002



Honoree ID: 180423   Created by: MHOH

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