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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, Raymond Daniel
Date of birth
19 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35073579
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
The road from Jülich to Stettenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 19 17

Immediate family

Members
William D. Gibson (father)
Ada (Berry) Gibson (mother)
Treva Gibson (sister)
Estella (Hollingshead) Gibson (stepmother)
William Gibson (half brother)
Mary Gibson (half sister)
Alene Gibson (half sister)
Harold G. Gibson (half brother)
Margery Gibson (half sister)
Maxine Gibson (half sister)
Wanda Gibson (half sister)
Gwendolyn (Alexander) Gibson (wife)

More information

Pfc Raymond D. Gibson joined his unit from replacement Depot on 26 November 1944. He was promoted to Private First Class on 24 December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Draft Registration Card / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Terry Gibson Steuber (niece)