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Personal info

Full name
GILBERT, Luther Honoree "Alabam"
Date of birth
28 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Wilcox County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
44032603
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 April 1945
Place of death
Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 9 4

Immediate family

Members
Norman E. Gilbert (father)
Betty E. Gilbert (mother)
John P. Gilbert (brother)
Jesse D. Gilbert (brother)
George E. Gilbert (brother)
Billie Jean Gilbert (sister)
Catherine Gilbert (sister)
Carolyn Gilbert (sister)

More information

Pvt Luther H. Gilbert enlisted in Fort McClellan, Alabama on 29 September 1944.

During hiuse to house fighting, Pfc Gilbert was shot in the abdoment. A comrade recalled he walked into a room, holding his guts in his hands and saying "I got shot" before he collapsed on the floor and died.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com - Claire, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, https://www.facebook.com/pages/47th-Infantry-WWII/167370686616710?hc location=timeline

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Claire