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Personal info

Full name
GIBBS, Fred Anthony
Date of birth
15 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-1305415
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Woensel-Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 5 27

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Gibbs (father)
Anna (Lewandowski) Gibbs (mother)
Ernest J. Gibbs (brother)
Howard J. Gibbs (brother)

More information

1st Lt Gibbs war initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands on 20 September 1944.

After being disinterred and buried in a temporary grave at Margraten, he was given his final resting place when the cemetery at Margraten was given a permanent status on 7 February 1949.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_off.html, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com