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Personal info

Full name
DEIBLER, Clifford Vincent
Date of birth
16 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New york

Military service

Service number
O-1309698
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Essen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 12 5

Immediate family

Members
Homer E. Deibler (father)
Estella A. Deibler (mother)
Marjorie C. Deibler (sister)

More information

1st Lt Clifford V. Deibler graduated from Syracuse University in 1939 where he majored in Business Administration.

He enlisted in April 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Davis and Deyoe Family History

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Vincent Vandeberg, www.ancestry.com - Syracuse University Yearbook 1938/1939