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Personal info

Full name
GILL, Ray L
Date of birth
15 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Daviess County, Kentucky
Hometown
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35881983
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Oudler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 38

Immediate family

Members
Herman Gill (father)
Clydie (Ray) Gill (mother)
Mildred G. Gill (sister)
Lorene (Manning) Gill (wife)

More information

Pvt Ray L. Gill graduated from Owensboro Senior High School in 1931 and attended the University of Kentucky, Western Teachers College and Business University at Bowling Green.

He enlisted on 11 January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records 1875-1940 / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Messenger Inquirer - 17 October 1945