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HOLBROOK, Gaylord "Poss" - Date of
birth
5 February 1910 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Illinois -
Hometown
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36900264 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges-Eaux, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 12 | 5 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James O. Holbrook (father)
Aurora B. (Oxford) Holbrook (mother)
Gilbert Holbrook (brother)
Ethel J. Holbrook (sister)
Gwynn D. Holbrook (brother)
Guernie Holbrook (brother)
Edith Holbrook (sister)
Adrian A. Holbrook (brother)
Margaret C. (Porter) Holbrook (wife)
More information
Pvt Gaylord Holbrook was married to Margaret Porter on 4 April 1941.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Missouri Marriage Records, 36thID-roster-part-2.pdf, 142ndaar-.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson / www.newspapers.com - Hardin County Independent - 7 December 1944