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Personal info

Full name
SIBSON, John Joseph
Date of birth
21 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Egelson, Muskegon County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36960319
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 33

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Sibson (father)
Mamie Sibson (mother)
Marjorie F. (Belrose) Sibson (wife)
John J. Jr. Sibson (son)
James F. Sibson (son)

More information

Pvt John J. Sibson was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block Plot V, Row 4, Grave 65.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Phlippet / Richard Mullally