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Personal info

Full name
GIPSON, Woodrow W
Date of birth
19 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1302295
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Sadzot, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 24

Immediate family

Members
Loretta A. (Cyron) Gipson (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Woodrow W. Gipson attended high school for two years before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County Illinois Marriage Index / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, Cook County Illinois Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / ET