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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, Woodrow Wilson
Date of birth
13 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Caperton, Fayette County, West Virginia
Hometown
Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35650374
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Hottviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Sylvester Gibson (father)
Zora E. Gibson (mother)
Leear Gibson (sister)
Evey Gibson (sister)

More information

Pfc Woodrow W. Gibson enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 5 February 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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