Gates, Bernard Nieweg
Army Captain

Bernard Nieweg Gates, age 31, from Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Blair county. Their last known residence was in Tyrone.

Parents: Samuel C. Gates and Elsie (Niewig) Gates.
Spouse: Marjorie K. Gates.
Children: John Russell Gates, 1.

Service era: World War II
Schools: Lehigh University, 1935. Tyrone High graduate.
Military history: Captain. Participated in the invasion on D-Day. Served with chemical warfare battalion. Enlisted Oct 16, 1941.

Date of death: Wednesday, November 29, 1944
Death details: Killed in action in France.
Cemetery: Buried in France, memorialized at East Lawn, Tyrone

Source: National Archives, Altoona Mirror, grave marker.