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Personal info

Full name
GILBREATH, Robert Douglas
Date of birth
28 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
La Fayette, Walker County, Georgia
Hometown
LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34976390
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 14

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Gilbreath (father)
Ruth L. (Robinson) Gilbreath (mother)
Joseph B. Gilbreath (brother)
Viola B. Gilbreath (sister)
Cooper Gilbreath (brother)
Georgia Gilbreath (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert D. Gilbreath worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Broome-Hobbs Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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