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Personal info

Full name
GILMORE, Burrel Gilbert
Date of birth
2 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Angelina County, California

Military service

Service number
39018679
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Eilendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 1 16

Immediate family

Members
James F. Gilmore (father)
Belle (Lynch) Gilmore (mother)
Marjorie E. (Sterling) Gilmore (wife)

More information

Pvt Burrel G. Gilmore enlisted at Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 7 February 1942. He attended high school for 4 years and was a cook before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record ‏/ Family Trees / Iowa Birth index / Iowa Marriage / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men Record, http://home.scarlet.be/~sh446368/aar_18th_oct.htm, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet