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Jack Arnold Gibson

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Jack Arnold Gibson Veteran

Birth
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Death
8 Jul 1944 (aged 20)
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Burial
Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 8 SITE 464
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PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II

Son of the late Sophie Danko and Clark Gibson whose children include Geraldine Gibson Engel, Jack, Robert, James Gibson and Virginia Supka

Geraldine had her brother Jack A. Gibson returned home from Hawaii and re-interred in the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. She raised $2,230 through donations. The Reilly & Son Funeral Home donated their services and made all of the arrangements. A close friend of Mr. Reilly, John Egan, the former CEO of the Albany Airport donated the air fare. The balance of the money raised for his return, $159, was donated to the Honor Guard for personal expenses.
(Geraldine's bio)

Branch: Army
ID Number: 32742804
Cemetery name: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
102 ENGR CMBT BN 27
Cause of Death: Killed in Action, date listed July 9, 1944
PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II

Son of the late Sophie Danko and Clark Gibson whose children include Geraldine Gibson Engel, Jack, Robert, James Gibson and Virginia Supka

Geraldine had her brother Jack A. Gibson returned home from Hawaii and re-interred in the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. She raised $2,230 through donations. The Reilly & Son Funeral Home donated their services and made all of the arrangements. A close friend of Mr. Reilly, John Egan, the former CEO of the Albany Airport donated the air fare. The balance of the money raised for his return, $159, was donated to the Honor Guard for personal expenses.
(Geraldine's bio)

Branch: Army
ID Number: 32742804
Cemetery name: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
102 ENGR CMBT BN 27
Cause of Death: Killed in Action, date listed July 9, 1944

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