Garbey Cecil Edward

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Cecil Edward Garbey is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

Name:

Cecil Edward Garbey

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-758793

Unit:

335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Cecil Edward Garbey was born on October 18, 1920, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The pilot of the P-51B-7-NA, "Virginia", his section caught strafing a train by fifteen Messerschmitt Bf-109's and Focke-Wulf Fw-190's. He was shot down during the ensuing action at approximately 2030h. 2Lt Garbey is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov