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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 4770" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gibbons </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Benedict</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 Ranger Bn (Company F) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11116500 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19th February 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Plot D Row 12 Grave 12 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Suffolk County, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 06.01.1922, Massachusetts, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Michael J. Gibbons (1881-1952)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Hannah Agutha (nee Doherty) (1879-1965)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1941 married Eleanor (nee Hagan) Gibbons (although enlistment record shows single without dependents)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 sons James E. (1942-2012) & Bernard J. (1944-2013)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 year high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation unskilled occupations in building transportation equipment (except automobiles and aircraft)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11.11.1942 enlisted Boston, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father Mr. Michael J. Gibbons, 51 Mapes Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Hellendorf, Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gibbons.36928/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36928-4a226a34321f28a3977fe70c07063692.jpg?1653994886" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gibbons.4601/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4601-f4d6ac25a07f197a8ea88233f6d8f41b.jpg?1591384078" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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