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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, Samuel William
Date of birth
26 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Grindstone, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33395762
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 60

Immediate family

Members
Russell E. Gibson (father)
Ethel O. (Lynn) Gibson (mother)
Russell E. Gibson (brother)
Delpha J. Gibson (sister)
Anna M. (Williams) Gibson (wife)
Linda L. Gibson (daughter)

More information

Cpl Samuel W. Gibson was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 19 November 1942.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in a hospital in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Sheila Duplaga

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam / Sheila Duplaga