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Personal info

Full name
VIDANA, Gilbert
Date of birth
7 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Verden, Grady County, Connecticut
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
38400195
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Louis C. Vidana (father)
Mary Vidana (mother)
Herbert Vidana (brother)
Elbert Vidana (brother)

More information

Gilbert Vidana enlisted on 26 February 1943.

He participated in the landing on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944.

Pfc Vidana was a member of the Comanche tribe.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com