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Personal info

Full name
DABBS, Forrest Eugene
Date of birth
21 June 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Weleetka, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39400438
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Fürweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 58

Immediate family

Members
James P. Dabbs (father)
Alma A. (Coffman) Dabbs (mother)
Effie O. Dabbs (sister)
Bessie F. Dabbs (sister)
Mildred O. Dabbs (sister)
Ruby E. Dabbs (sister)
Erma L. Dabbs (sister)
Audley A. Dabbs (sister)
Irene O. Dabbs (sister)
Hazel D. Dabbs (sister)
Lillian M. Dabbs (sister)
Jewell E. C. (Villines) Dabbs (wife)
Alma J. Dabbs (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Forrest E. Dabbs worked on a farm before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 19 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Alma Jean Austin, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lunceford Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Christopher Aaron

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Debi G, www.findagrave.com – Christopher Aaron