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Personal info

Full name
GILBERT, David J W
Date of birth
17 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Somersworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Somersworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11035838
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Dürwiss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Ernest J. Gilbert (father)
Celina (Paradis) Gilbert (mother)
Blanche Gilbert (sister)
George Gilbert (brother)
Edmond Gilbert (brother)
Helen Gilbert (sister)
Alma Gilbert (sister)
Margaret Gilbert (sister)
Louise Gilbert (sister)
Yvonne Gilbert (sister)
Paul Gilbert (brother)

More information

Pfc David J. W. Gilbert worked in a textile factory.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Manchester, New Hampshire on 17 December 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Mireille Goedhart, Peter Schouteten, Aimee Fogg, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial,
www.104infdiv.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, IDPF

Photo source: Mireille Goedhart