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Submitted: 3/14/09 • Approved: 3/14/09 • Last Updated: 3/31/18 • R25647-G0-S3
Family monument:
GIBSON
Individual marker:
IN MEMORY OF
PAUL W. GIBSON, JR.
SSM - BSM - PH
2ND. LT., CO.C, 406TH INF, 102ND INF. DIV.
BORN OCT. 4, 1921
"WOUNDED IN GERMANY FEB. 6, 1945
DIED IN PARIS, FRANCE FEB. 18, 1945
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..." (CITATION SSM)
HIS BODY LIES IN FRANCE
Note: Marker is a bronze plaque mounted on a granite base.
Section 4
Contributed on 3/14/09 by pasteffen99
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