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Casualty Info
Home Town Taylorville, IL
Last Address Taylorville, IL (Mother~Minnie Gibbs)
Casualty Date Oct 28, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (cenotaph)
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Enlisted in the Navy Under the V-12 Program age 18 right out of high school
Date
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Last Updated: Oct 28, 2016
Comments
The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 participants were enrolled in 131 colleges and universities in the United States. Numerous participants attended classes, and lectures at the respective colleges and earned completion degrees for their studies. Some even returned from their naval obligations to earn a degree from the colleges that they were stationed in.
