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Personal info

Full name
GAMBILL, Paul Wiley
Date of birth
26 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana
Hometown
Linton, Greene County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35832149
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wardin, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 29

Immediate family

Members
Hezekiah H. Gambill (father)
Ora E. (Steele) Gambill (mother)
Ethel E. Gambill (sister)
Eugene L. Gambill (brother)
Eunice L. Gambill (sister)
Pauline E. Gambill (sister)
Edith H. Gambill (sister)
Ruth M. Gambill (sister)
Harold H. Gambill (brother)
Meeda E. (Gray) Gambill (wife)

More information

Pvt Paul W. Gambill attended high school for four years and was employed at the Western Auto Assn Store before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 13 April 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 / Rustemeyer Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Shannon Meurer, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News 31 January 1945