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Personal info

Full name
GILMORE, Melvin H
Date of birth
4 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Mason County, Illinois
Hometown
Mason County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36058608
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
743rd Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
East of Rimburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Stephen Gilmore (father)
Edna H. (Wise) Gilmore (mother)
Franklin D. Gilmore (brother)

More information

Sgt Melvin H. Gilmore enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 5 June 1943.

In attempting to move to the west from Rimburg one tank of C Company was destroyed. Sgt Gilmore was the only casualty.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion, S-3 Journal 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet