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Personal info

Full name
GEBO, Lyle M
Date of birth
11 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Norwood, New York City, New York
Hometown
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

Military service

Service number
32579426
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Bruckhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 18 22

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel Gebo (father)
Iva Gebo (mother)
Frederick L. Gebo (brother)
Myrtle Gebo (sister)
Mary Gebo (sister)
Marjorie Gebo (sister)

More information

Pfc Lyle M. Gebo attended Potsdam High School and worked in a paper mill.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 29 October 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Pfc Gebo was wounded in action in Frane on 24 July 1944 and after returning to the frontlines, he was wounded a second time in Belgium, before receiving the third and fatal injuries.

He was due for a pass and had planned to use the time to look for his brother, Pvt Frederick L. Gebo, a paratrooper who was serving somewhere in France.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - Courier and Freeman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Gebo Family