Charles Henry Gamache

1925 - 2010  (84 years)

• Name	Charles Henry Gamache
  Born	19 Aug 1925	New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Mar 2010	Santee, SAN DIEGO,California
  Buried	Fort Rosecranz National Cemetery,San Diego, California
  Person ID	I9381	King/Roy
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry Frank Gamache,   b. 29 Oct 1902, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Sep 1981, Westfield, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Vera R. Woodard,   b. ca. 1907, New York
  Family ID	F7381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Conchetta M.
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F7391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Shirley L. MacBrian,   b. ca.1925
  Married	1946
  Divorced	Apr 1969	California
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F9799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Aug 1925 - New York Divorced - Apr 1969 - California Died - 6 Mar 2010 - Santee, SAN DIEGO,California Buried - - Fort Rosecranz National Cemetery,San Diego, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Charles H. Gamache - Prisoner of War Record Held in Stalag 2B near Hammerstein, West Prussia Charles H. Gamache was a Private First Class in the Army during World War II. Charles resided in Hampden County, Massachusetts before enlisting on April 23, 1943. At the time of enlistment, Charles was 18 years old, had 3 years of high school education and was single, without dependents. One year later, Charles was captured by Nazi Germany while serving in Italy, and was sent to Stalag 2B near Hammerstein, West Prussia where 6,291 other American POWs were held. Charles' capture was first reported to the International Committee of the Red Cross on January 23, 1944, and the last report was made on June 12, 1945. Based on these two reports, Charles was imprisoned for at least 506 days (1 year and ~5 months). The average duration of imprisonment was 363 days. Ultimately, Charles was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated. Charles Gamache BIRTH 19 Aug 1925 DEATH 6 Mar 2010 (aged 84) BURIAL Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Inscription US NAVY, US ARMY Gravesite Details WORLD WAR II, VIETNAM Died: Charles H. Gamache after not be truthful about his age he joined the US Army at age 17. He was a POW in Poland during WWII for 2 years he was awarded a Bronze Star. Once he was released from being a POW he left the US Army and joined the US Navy where he retired after 20 years. While he was in the US Navy he was a Gunners Mate.