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Personal info

Full name
SILVEIRA, Gilbert
Date of birth
18 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31436060
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Heidelberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Silveira (father)
Maria A. (Paiva) Silveira (mother)
Arthur Silveira (brother)
Manuel Silveira (brother)
Helen Silveira (sister)
Jose Silveira (brother)
Irene S. T. Silveira (sister)
Etelvina Silveira (sister)
Alfred Silveira (brother)
John Silveira (brother)
Alice Silveira (sister)
Madeline F. (Hudson) Silveira (wife)
Gilbert Silveira (son)

More information

Pvt Gilbert Silveira was employed at the Bristol Manufactures before he enlisted at Fort Banks, Boston, Massachusetts on 25 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gilbert Silveira Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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