Military Involvement
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Charles Banks Gibb was born Jan. 6, 1918 to Allan B. and Mary Trow Gibb. He died Dec. 23, 1994.
Sgt. Gibb served in World War II with the U.S. Army 738th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Allan Banks Gibb, Jr. was born Aug. 7, 1920 to Allan B. (Sr.) and Mary Trow Gibb. He died May 11, 1991.
Allan served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Air Corps Headquarters Squadron Fleet Air Wing One.
Source: ancestry.com
William David Gibbons, Jr. was born Dec. 9, 1920 to William D. (Sr.) and Helen J. Blow Gibbons. He died Apr. 27, 2017 and is buried in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL.
Sgt. Gibbons served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Lauren Richard “Bud” Gibbs was born Feb. 1, 1927 to Edwin E. and Vida Lucille McIntosh Gibbs. He died Nov. 29, 2010.
Petty Officer Gibbs served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Emmett Earl “Earl” Gibbs was born June 29, 1925 to Edwin E. and VIda Lucille McIntosh Gibbs. He died Mar. 16, 1975.
Petty Officer Gibbs served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Jerrold Arvid “Tom” Gibbs was born Apr. 14, 1924 to Rex J. and Ivadell Elwood Gibbs. He died May 23, 2010 in Yuma, AZ.
Tom served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps, participating in the Ploesti raid and was credited for 300 flying hours in his B-24 Liberator. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald Leah Gibbs was born Oct. 10, 1918 to Lewis William and Estelle May Harris Gibbs. He died Dec. 29, 1964 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA.
Gerald served in World War II with the U.S. Army 327th Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division and 325th Glider Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division.
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George Lewis Gibbs was born June 1, 1916 to Lewis William and Estelle May Harris Gibbs. He died July 20, 1987 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
George served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon Lee Gibler was born June 20 1924 to Edward Franklin and Bertha Howard Gibler. He died Jan. 10, 1975 and is buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Trenton, MO.
Gordon served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
John Francis Gibney was born July 25, 1924 to John M. and Ruth M. Goldsberry Gibney. He died Dec. 2, 1998.
John served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
William Jack “Jack” Gibson was born July 13, 1918 to Ralph L. and Mayme L. Reynolds Gibson. He died Dec. 1981.
Jack served in World War II with the U.S. Army 301st Field Artillery, 94th Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack Prince Gibson was born Nov. 20, 1918 to Dewitt and Lyda Prince Gibson. He died Sept. 20, 1995 and is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA.
Lt. Gibson served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
John Calvin Gibson, II was born May 27, 1922 to Hugh J. and Sara L. Goodspeed Gibson. He died June 2, 1978 and is buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX.
Lt. Gibson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 323rd Combat Engineers, 98th Division; 153rd Construction Engineers, 8th Army Engineers; and 57th Combat Engineers, Americal Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Victor Bruce “Vic” Giebelstein was born Jan. 22, 1928 to Harold Orland and Dorothy Grace Miller Giebelstein. He died Oct. 30, 2012 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Petty Officer Giebelstein served in World War II with the U.S. Navy in Guam.
Source: ancestry.com
William Henry Giese was born Jan. 12, 1924 to Henry and Dolly Kelley Giese.
Lt. Giese served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 31st Fighter Group in Italy. He was a pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter.
Source: ancestry.com
Allen Arthur Gilchrist was born Apr. 24, 1915 to James Hutchison and Blanche Mae Allen Gilchrist. He died Oct. 21, 1982 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Grand Marais, MN.
Sgt. Gilchrist served in World War II with the U.S. Army 459th Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion in the European Theater of Operations and was awarded the ETO ribbon with five battle stars for campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe.
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Rex Blackman Gilchrist was born Oct. 20, 1918 to James Hutchison and Blanche Mae Allen Gilchrist.
Lt. Gilchrist served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Air Force as a fighter bomber pilot in the Pacific. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Walter Gildersleeve was born Mar. 23, 1904 to Benjamin Garfield and Martha Belinda Eness Gildersleeve. He died June 13, 1993 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes, MN.
Thomas served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Myron Anton Gildersleeve was born Feb. 9, 1920 to Charles Abram and Marie Sophie Ottilie “Ottilie” Bastian Gildersleeve. He died July 3, 1995 and is buried in McCallsburg Cemetery, McCallsburg, IA.
Cpl. Gildersleeve served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Joseph William Giles was born Feb. 15, 1917 to William B. and Josephine M. Hoyack Giles. He died Jan. 11, 1990 in WA.
Joseph served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur Karr Gilkey was born Sept. 25, 1926 to Herbert James and Mildred Virginia Talbot Gilkey. He died Aug. 10, 1953 and is buried in Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Arthur served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Eldorado (AGC-11).
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Herbert Talbot GIlkey was born Nov. 27, 1924 to Herbert James and Mildred Virginia Talbot Gilkey. He died Dec. 23, 1995.
Herbert served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Walter E. Gill was born May 24, 1925 to Roy James and Marian Tomlinson Gill. He died Apr. 29, 2010 and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO.
Petty Officer Gill served in World War II with the U.S. Navy. He also served in Korea and Vietnam.
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Charles Edward Gill was born June 10, 1914 to Roy James and Marian Tomlinson Gill. He died Jan. 8, 1996 and is buried in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, IA.
Charles served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS LSM #88 and USS LST #854.
Source: ancestry.com
John Carroll Gillham was born Jan. 13, 1921 to Charles Ethan and Amanda E. Lundgren Gillham. He died Nov. 16, 2006 and is buried in Kirbys Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Petty Officer Gillham served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard a Landing Craft. He was a member of the USS LCI National Association.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Dean Gillpatrick was born Feb. 28, 1926 to Forrest L. and Blanche E. Garmon Gillpatrick. He died Aug. 4, 1984.
Paul served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
David Ward Gilman was born Dec. 6, 1922 to Joseph Charles and Louise Thomas Gilman. He died Jan. 13, 1998.
Lt. Gilman served in World War II with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Don Frazier Gilmore was born Oct. 21, 1914 to Don Taylor and Edith Frazier Gilmore. He died Aug. 3, 2009 and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO.
Capt. Gilmore served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Willard Max Gilreath was born June 3, 1915 to Willie Clifton and Florence Marie Round Gilreath. He died Mar. 30, 1993.
Willard served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles William Gimer was born Mar. 17, 1924 to Howard C. and Fairy B. Hicks Gimer. He died Jan. 21, 2007.
Charles served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
George Wilson Gingles was born Aug. 12, 1906 to James G. and Alta K. Kintz Gingles. He died Feb. 14, 1961 and is buried in Collins Cemetery, Collins, IA.
Cpl. Gingles served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 1380th Base Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Earl Ginter was born May 25, 1921 to Leroy Eldon “Roy" and Kathryn Louise Wadsworth Ginter. He died July 17, 1944 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Petty Officer Ginter served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2) which was sunk at the Battle of Coral Sea, May 8, 1944. He died in the U.S. Naval Hospital at Norfolk, VA of pneumonia.
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His father, Leroy Eldon “Roy” Ginter, also served in World War II as a Chief Metalsmith, stationed in LA. Roy was a WWI Navy veteran. His brother, Carl Raymond Ginter also served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019