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Personal info

Full name
GABBERT, Marvin R
Date of birth
17 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Darke County, Ohio
Hometown
New Madison, Darke County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35665765
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Near Reisdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 22

Immediate family

Members
George C. Gabbert (father)
Eva F. (Broadstock) Gabbert (mother)
Wilbur Gabbert (brother)
Doris Gabbert (sister)
Franklin Gabbert (brother)
Emma C. (McCabe) Gabbert (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Marvin R. Gabbert attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Cincinatti, Ohio on 14 October 1942.

He is remembered at the Green Mound Cemetery in New Madison, Darke County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index / Leis Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Ronipony
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Greenville Daily Advocate 8 May 1945