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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, George Garland
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Worthington, Greenup County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15056696
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 6 13

Immediate family

Members
Emmitt E. Gibson (father)
Edna F. (Rowe) Gibson (mother)
Ray Gibson (brother)
Paul Gibson (brother)
Leota Gibson (sister)
Ilene Gibson) (sister)
Edward Gibson (brother)

More information

Pfc George G. Gibson was a painter before he joined the Regular Army in Covington, Kentucky on 24 September 1940.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier