RANGERS Tibbets, Billy

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tibbets​

• FORENAME

Billy​

• UNIT

2nd Ranger Battalion (Company HQ) ​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

36463604​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Europe​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 29.03.1917, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA​

father Fred Tibberts​

mother Katherine (nee Lintner)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation Plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters​

employed by Michigan Consolidated Gas​

1939 married Ruth Marion (nee Ripstra) Tibbets (1919-1999)​

married upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Grand Rapids, Michigan​

30.04.1943 entered service Kalamazoo, Michigan​

03.11.1945 discharged​

daughters Nancy Marie (1947-1947), Nancy Lynne (1954-1954)​

died 24.12.2003, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA​

Fairplains Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Block L, Lot 401, Space 6​

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