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Personal info

Full name
GIBSON, George Russell
Date of birth
23 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Washington, Coshocton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35594315
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Near Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 45 14

Immediate family

Members
George L. Gibson (father)
Mary A. (Smailes) Gibson (mother)
Homer J. Gibson (brother)
Robert C. Gibson (brother)
Grace L. Gibson (sister)
Charles E. Gibson (brother)
Arla M. Gibson (sister)

More information

Pfc George R. Gibson attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1942.

He was taken prisoner of war on 6 March 1944 and died of his injuries in a hospital near Lampaden, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gibson Puckett Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com - The Coshocton Tribune Ohio 10 April 1945
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