- SURNAME
Gibson
- FORENAME
Evert Leon
- UNIT
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
18129572
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Europe, 1943-1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 30.03.1924 Oklahoma, USA
father John Smith Gibson, LeFlore, Oklahoma
mother Sadie Cleo (nee Curtis) Gibson (1895-1972)
1942 entered service
later Sergeant
06.1944 WIA
09.1944 WIA
10.1944 WIA
01.1945 WIA
02.1945 discharged Hospital
20.09.1949 married Loretta (nee McAlister)
18.11.2019 died (Aged 95)
Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
505th Parachute Roster Database shows forename as Everett with D.O.D. as 25.03.1960.
Father name ("Donald") doesn't match newspaper reports from 1940s.
CITATION:
Bronze Star : For meritorious service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States during the period 9 July 1943 to 18 April 1945 in HOLLAND, BELGIUM and GERMANY.
Entered military service from LEFLOURE, OKLAHOMA.
Entered military service from LEFLOURE, OKLAHOMA.
