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Personal info

Full name
KRIBBS, Elden Martin
Date of birth
16 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri
Hometown
Randolph County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37524181
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 2

Immediate family

Members
William F. Kribbs (father)
Anna B. (Giest) Kribbs (mother)
John F. Kribbs (brother)
Hubert W. Kribbs (brother)
Leonard W. Kribbs (brother)
Margorie E. Kribbs (sister)
Cleo B. Kribbs (sister)
Mary L. Kribbs (sister)
Dorthy Kribbs (sister)
Donald L. Kribbs (brother)
Betty J. Kribbs (sister)

More information

Pfc Elden M. Kribbs worked for the Brown shoe company before he enlisted inat Fort Levenworth, Kansas on 28 April 1943.

His brother, Pvt. Elden Kribbs, also served with the paratroopers.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Astrid van Erp, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com - Mokennehan, Moberly Monitor Index 27-10-1944, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / WWII Enlistment Record / Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ralph Peeters, Moberly Monitor Index 27-10-1944