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Personal info

Full name
TIBBETTS, Irving Gilmore
Date of birth
17 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Yuba County, California
Hometown
Marysville, Yuba County, California

Military service

Service number
39131547
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
Near Behren-lès-Forbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 24

Immediate family

Members
Hal A. Tibbetts (father)
Lillian (Lopez) Tibbetts (mother)
Robert Tibbetts (brother)
Dolores Tibbetts (sister)
Mary Tibbetts (sister)

More information

Pfc Irving G. Tibbetts enlisted in San Francisco, California on 20 April 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Day Family Tree / California Birth Index, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy