Brown, Gilbert Cecil 'Gib'

1926 - 1968  (42 years)

• Name	Brown, Gilbert Cecil 'Gib'
  Birth	11 Jan 1926  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROW.G011
  _FGRAVE	34630903
  Military Service	World War II, Carpenter's Mate Third Class (CM3), USS Collingsworth APA-146 (Haskell Class Attack Transport), United States Navy  [1, 2]
  	Entered active service as an Able Seaman on July 7, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. Trained at U.S. Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho. Served aboard the USS Collingsworth APA-146 (Haskell Class Attack Transport) in The Pacific Theater of Operations. Earned The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Champaign Medal, The WWII Victory Medal, and The Good Conduct Medal. Honorably discharged as a Carpenter's Mate 3rd Class on March 6, 1946 at Great Lakes, Illinois. (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://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1916216
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Gilbert Cecil 'Gib' Brown (1926-1968)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Brown, Gilbert Cecil (1926-1968)
  Death	23 May 1968  [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Brown, Gilbert Cecil
  		Headstone, Brown, Gilbert Cecil Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I43271	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Brown, Herbert Garmen,   b. 1893   d. 1978 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Strange, Lucy Glen,   b. 1900   d. 1947 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F18007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lagle, Betty M.,   b. 27 Apr 1929, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 3 Nov 2016, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F18006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14624] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brown, Gilbert Cecil, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34630903/gilbert-cecil-brown), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15082] World War II Honoree, Gilbert Cecil Brown, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1916216) (Reliability: 2).