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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, Horace
Date of birth
11 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bamberg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Bamberg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34214018
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Longvilly-Mageret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Gibson (father)
Elizabeth Gibson (mother)
Maud R. Gibson (sister)
Verna M. Gibson (sister)
Doris Gibson (sister)
Margaret Gibson (sister)

More information

T/5 Horace Gibson attended high school for 1 year and worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 9 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Girgis Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / 1920 census, Hot Steel-The Story of the 58th AFAB, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, Hannah Majewski - Rick Fail