US PARAS Skipper, Gilbert Warren

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Skipper​

• FORENAME

Gilbert Warren​

• UNIT

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

06998909​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1945​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Section I, Site 221 (Group Burial)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 30.06.1921 South Baltimore, Maryland, USA​

father Joseph Edward Skipper (1896-1969)​

mother Gladys Hilda (nee Lowery) Skipper (1901-1926)​

post graduate education​

widower without dependents upon enlistment​

19.03.1940 entered service​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Joseph E. Skipper, 1702 Byrd Street, Baltimore, Maryland​

KIA Germany (C-46D #44-77595 shot down by German Artillery)​

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