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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, Louis S
Date of birth
11 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Oldham County, Kentucky
Hometown
Oldham County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35089107
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longvilly, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Tolbert Gibson (father)
Dora E. (Purvis) Gibson (mother)
James N. Gibson (brother)

More information

Pvt Louis S. Gibson attended Crestwood High School for 2 years and worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 6 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in 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 / Kentucky Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - The Courier Journal - 16 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten