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Personal info

Full name
GAMBLE, Edwin Durwood
Date of birth
16 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
42061765
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Ulysses G. Gamble (father)
Martha E. Gamble (mother)
Kathryn E. Gamble (sister)
Blanche E. Gamble (sister)
William C. Gamble (brother)
Robert L. Gamble (brother)
Jane E. (McElroy) Gamble (wife)
John W. Gamble (son)
Thomas E. Gamble (son)

More information

Pvt Edwin D. Gamble attended 3 years of college before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 23 December 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, 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 / Simcox Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – Paul Gardner