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Paul White GIBSON Jr
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Punahou School, 1939 graduate Fraternity Phi Delta Theta Source : Knox.edu (Ellen Marchese) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-537765 ( 36479039 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AGE | 23 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
4 October 1921 Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KANSAS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | KANSAS | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Epouse : Marilyn Hermetet GIBSON Fils : Paul White Gibson, III, (born 1942) Parents : Paul White GIBSON (Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army) & Mildred Evelyn Nicholson GIBSON Soeur : Mary Alice | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 10 July 1943 Camp Grant, ILLINOIS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| COMPANY | Company C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| REGIMENT | 406th Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DIVISION | 102nd Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ARMY | 9th Army | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 18 February 1945 |
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| STATUS | DOW (Injured in Germany) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH |
48th General Hospital, Paris
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| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Solers Melun N°3568
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| CEMETERY | EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY of Epinal (Dinoze-Quèquement) France | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Naperville Cemetery Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois Source : Knox.edu |
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Silver StarCitation
"While returning from patrol Lieutenant Gibson, wounded by another mine, refused to accept medical attention before his men had been treated. He radioed headquarters for mortar fire and personally remained in charge of his men until the enemy was beaten back, only then did he allow himself to be evacuated ..." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Normandy/Normandie |
| 15 Sep 1942 | Days of Combat/Jour de Combat 173 |
| Casualties/Victimes 4 992 | |
Entered Combat/Entré au combat |
Campaigns/CampagnesRhineland (15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45) |
| Entered Combat 26 Oct 1944 | |
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Commanding Generals/Commandants généraux Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson (Sep 42 - Jan 44) |
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PLAN DE ROUTE DE LA CAMPAGNE - CAMPAIGN ROUTE MAP |
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DIVISION CHRONICLEThe 102d Infantry Division arrived at Cherbourg, France, 23 September 1944, and, after a short period of training near Valognes, moved to the German-Netherlands border. On 26 October, elements attached to other divisions entered combat and on 3 November the Division assumed responsibility for the sector from the Wurm River to Waurichen. A realinement of sectors and the return of elements placed the 102d in full control of its units for the first time, 24 November 1944, as it prepared for an attack to the Roer. The attack jumped off, 29 November, and carried the Division to the river through Welz, Flossdorf, and Linnich. After a period of aggressive patrolling along the Roer, 4-19 December, the Division took over the XIII Corps sector from the Wurm River, north of the village of Wurm, to Barmen on the south, and trained for river crossing. On 23 February 1945, the 102d attacked across the Roer, advanced toward Lovenich, bypassed Munchen-Gladbach, took Krefeld, 3 March, and reached the Rhine. During March the Division was on the defensive along the Rhine, its sector extending from Homburg south to Dusseldorf. Crossing the river in April, the Division attacked in the Wesergebirge, meeting stiff opposition. Wilsede and Hessisch-Oldendorf fell, 12 April 1945, and the 102d pushed on to the Elbe, meeting little resistance. Breitenfeld fell, 15 April, and the Division outposted the Elbe River, 48 miles from Berlin, its advance halted on orders. It patrolled and maintained defensive positions until the end of hostilities in Europe, then moved to Gotha for occupational duty. |
CHRONIQUE DE DIVISION
L’attaque a sauté le 29 novembre et a transporté la division jusqu’à la rivière par Welz, Flossdorf et Linnich. Après une période de patrouille agressive le long du Roer, du 4 au 19 décembre, la division a pris le contrôle du secteur du XIIIe corps depuis la rivière Wurm, au nord du village de Wurm, jusqu’à Barmen au sud, et s’est entraînée pour traverser la rivière. Le 23 février 1945, le 102e attaque à travers la Roer, avance vers Lovenich, contourne Munchen-Gladbach, prend Krefeld le 3 mars et atteint le Rhin. En mars, la division était sur la défensive le long du Rhin, son secteur s’étendant de Homburg au sud jusqu’à Düsseldorf. En traversant la rivière en avril, la Division a attaqué dans le Wesboise, rencontrant une opposition farouche. Wilsede et Hessisch-Oldendorf tombent, le 12 avril 1945, et le 102d avance vers l’Elbe, rencontrant peu de résistance. Breitenfeld est tombé le 15 avril, et la Division a débordé l’Elbe, à 48 miles de Berlin, son avancée arrêtée sur ordres. Il a patrouillé et maintenu des positions défensives jusqu’à la fin des hostilités en Europe, puis s’est déplacé à Gotha pour un service d’occupation. |
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Armydivs.squarespace.com |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Findagrave.com - Knox.edu - Ancestry - Freepages.rootsweb.com |
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| REDACTEURS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |
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Père de Paul White Jr |
Paul White GIBSON
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O 3035 |
Source : Timothy Ory | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13 janvier 1884 | ||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | ILLINOIS | ||
| FAMILY |
Epouse : Mildred Evelyn Parents : John William & Alice Irene Blair GIBSON Frères et sœurs : Ethel Blair & Florence A. Gibson Enfants : Mary Alice & 2LT Paul White "Hoot" Gibson Jr | ||
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| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 1909 | ||
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Medical Corps World War I World War II | ||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Ancestry | ||



























