- SURNAME
Gabbett
- FORENAME
Michael Francis
- UNIT
HQ Detachment
- RANK
Technical Sergeant
- NUMBER
06981255
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from New York,New York
born 5.8.1919 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
son of William George and Kathleen (nee Ballantine) Gabbett
2 years high school
laboratory technician/assistant in civilian life
enlisted 1935 New York,New York
19 Infantry Regiment 1941
475 Infantry Regiment HQ Company) (First Sergeant) 1944-45
re-enlisted 29.9.1945 Fort Dix,New Jersey (Corporal Infantry)
29 and 18 Infantry Regiments (HQ Company) (First Sergeant
investigator,Criminal Investigation Division,Germany 1949-60
retired 1.9.960 as Master Sergeant
Red Cross in Vietnam War
security patrolman,Presbyterian Hospital
married Eileen Bryan (1923-85)
married Elfriede Sophie Kupczak (46 years) (1933-)
2 sons Michael and Thomas,2 daughters Patricia and Maureen
author of The Bastards of Burma (1987)
designed Merrill's Marauders patch
resided Albuquerque,New Mexico for last 41 years
died 26.1.2001 Albuquerque,New Mexico
Gate of Heaven Cemetery,Albuquerque,Bernalillo County,New Mexico GC Building 3 Patio H Tier C Row 15
born 5.8.1919 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
son of William George and Kathleen (nee Ballantine) Gabbett
2 years high school
laboratory technician/assistant in civilian life
enlisted 1935 New York,New York
19 Infantry Regiment 1941
475 Infantry Regiment HQ Company) (First Sergeant) 1944-45
re-enlisted 29.9.1945 Fort Dix,New Jersey (Corporal Infantry)
29 and 18 Infantry Regiments (HQ Company) (First Sergeant
investigator,Criminal Investigation Division,Germany 1949-60
retired 1.9.960 as Master Sergeant
Red Cross in Vietnam War
security patrolman,Presbyterian Hospital
married Eileen Bryan (1923-85)
married Elfriede Sophie Kupczak (46 years) (1933-)
2 sons Michael and Thomas,2 daughters Patricia and Maureen
author of The Bastards of Burma (1987)
designed Merrill's Marauders patch
resided Albuquerque,New Mexico for last 41 years
died 26.1.2001 Albuquerque,New Mexico
Gate of Heaven Cemetery,Albuquerque,Bernalillo County,New Mexico GC Building 3 Patio H Tier C Row 15
