US PARAS Tilney, Gerald Kenneth

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tilney ​

• FORENAME

Gerald Kenneth​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion (Company C) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

35164966 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1944-45 ​

• AGE

28​

• GRAVESITE

Oak Hill Grant Avenue Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana​

born 17.04.1916, Bismark, North Dakota, USA​

father Leroy E. Tilney (1880-1925)​

mother Nellie T. (nee Philblad) Hartley (1893-1967)​

1941 married Jean Marie (nee Cunningham) Marthey (1920-2000)​

08.1941 enlisted​

509 PIR (Company F,2 Bn)​

promoted Cpl 25.3.1943​

509 PIB (Company C)​

award Silver Star (awarded 27.10.1944)​

KIA ​

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