Brooks, Gilbert L.

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• Reference Number: BROO.G002
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Company A, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th 'Trident' Infantry Division, United States Army

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Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on January 31, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty Of Light Truck Driver (345) and assigned to Company A, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th 'Trident' Infantry Division. Departed the U.S. with his unit on February 19, 1945 bound for The European Theater of Operations. Fought in The Rhineland Campaign. Redeployed with his unit to The Pacific Theater of Operations after the Japanese surrender and was based in Japan. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze battle star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and The Army Of Occupation Medal (Japan). Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on February 4, 1946 at The Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2055697

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• Reference Number: BROO.M003
• _FGRAVE: 24048032

Marvin + Webster, Edith. Edith was born in 1895; died in 1964 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WEBS.E003
• Funeral: Ingraham Christian Church, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois