Lieutenant James Harvey Gaul

1911 - 1945  (33 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	James Harvey Gaul
  Title	Lieutenant
  Born	17 May 1911	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930
  		1930 Gaul. 1930 US census, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 2-221, Family Number 326, Gaul.
  Military Service	U.S. Navy, WWII
  	U.S. Naval Reservist Lieutenant, executed by German firing squad January 1945 at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp near Linz, Austria. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
  		Lt. Gaul Murdered At Concentration Camp The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Press, Friday, August 7, 1945 page 1
  		Lt Gaul Murdered At Concentration Camp, Continued From Page 1 The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Press, Friday, August 3, 1945 page 20
  		James Gaul Executed By Nazis Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Sun-Telegraph, Friday, August 3, 1945, page 1
  		James Gaul Executed By Nazis, Continued From Page 1 Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Sun-Telegraph Friday, August 3, 1945, page 5
  		Regarding The Murder Of James Harvey Gaul The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) Monday, August 6, 1945 page 6
  		Probing Death Of Lt. James H. Gaul The Daily American (Somerset, Pennsylvania), Tuesday, August 7, 1945 page 2
  		Ex-Teacher (James Gaul) Death A War Crime The Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, Tuesday, August 7, 1945, page 3
  		Details On James Gaul Execution The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Press, Sunday, February 10, 1946, page 6
  		Lt. Gaul's Mother Gets His Medal The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Press, Thursday, February 3, 1949 page 9
  		James Harvey Gaul Service. James Harvey Gaul Service.
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  Occupation	Archaeologist
  		Report on Research James H Gaul. American Philosophical Society Held At Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge, Yearbook 1939. Published 1940 Lancaster Press, Lancaster PA.
  		The Balkans Reconnaissance. Supplement To 1940 Britannica Book Of The Year. Published by the Encyclopedia Britannica Co. Ltd. Soho, London. 1940.
  Died	26 Jan 1945	Mauthausen, Austria
  	James was executed at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. His body was never recovered.
  Buried		The Wall Of The Missing. James' name appears on the Wall of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France
  		OSS Memorial. The CIA recognizes its origin, and honors fallen OSS officers with a special memorial inside the CIA headquarters. Below a single star carved into the wall, a glass case contains the “Book of Honor” which contains the names of 116 fallen OSS officers including Lt. James H. Gaul.
  Siblings	1. Ione Avery Gaul,   b. 18 Nov 1914, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Oct 1987, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I44195	Nagel
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Harvey Bartlett Gaul,   b. 11 Apr 1881, Brooklyn, Kings, New York ,   d. 1 Dec 1945, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Harriet Lester Avery,   b. 25 Jun 1886, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio ,   d. 7 Feb 1972  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	13 Jun 1908	Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  		Gaul-Avery Marriage. Gaul-Avery Marriage.
  Family ID	F12265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 May 1911 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Died - 26 Jan 1945 - Mauthausen, Austria  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		James Harvey Gaul. James Harvey Gaul.
  		Lieutenant James Harvey Gaul. Lieutenant James Harvey Gaul.