Gibbs Fred A.

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Fred A. Gibbs is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

101st Airborne Division Eindhoven Liberation Monument

Name:

Fred A. Gibbs

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-1305415

Unit:

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

Date of Death:

1944-09-18

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Fred A. Gibbs was born on March 15, 1916, in Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of Anthony C. Gibbs and Anna Lewandowski Gibbs. He served in Company G, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.

1Lt Gibbs was killed in Action on September 18, 1944, during the liberation of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

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