MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Horn, Gilbert M.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Horn​

• FORENAME

Gilbert M.​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

20930881​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Phillips County,Montana​

born 12.5.1923 Fort Belknap Agency,Montana​

Native American (Assiniboine)​

son Melvina (Tall Youth) and late Jesse Iron Horn​

adopted by his grandmother Nelly Standing Bear King​

attended school,Dodson,Montana​

1 year high school​

farm hand in civilian life​

enlisted 16.9.1940 Malta,Montana​

163 Infantry Regiment​

Merrill's Marauders​

award Purple Heart (date/unit ?)​

farm hand,grandparents farm postwar​

appointed Chief of Fort Belknap Assiniboine Tribe May 2014​

married Elizabeth Bradley (1 daughter Myrna Spotted Bear - predeceased him)​

married Elizabeth Jackson (10 children Willowa,Gilbert,Donald,Kermit,Curtis,Walter,Margaret,Charles,John Bearcub and Wayne)​

last residence Fort Belknap Agency,Montana​

died 27.3.2016 Havre,Montana​

Horn Family Cemetery,Fort Belknap Agency,Blaine County,Montana​

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