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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
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11035838 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 November 1944 - Place of
death
Dürwiss, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - unknown
Immediate family
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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