Military Involvement
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Charles Edward Gardiner was born Jan. 13, 1918 to Benjamin F. and Jennie M. Glantz Gardiner. He died Mar. 3, 1945 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Sgt. Gardiner served in World War II with the U.S. Army Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division and was KIA by a German sniper near Hemispand, Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Europe-Africa-Middle East Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge.
Source: ancestry.com
George Tracy Garrett was born Dec. 24, 1915 to Joshua Tracy and Kathleen Pearl Tibbitts Garrett. He died Aug. 27, 1947 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Capt. Garrett served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Section, 1550th Service Command Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Lester Herman Gerst was born July 20, 1918 to Eugene A. and Rosie Knapp Gerst. He died Mar. 17, 2004 and is buried in Parsons Cemetery, Toolesboro, IA.
Lester served in World War II with the U.S. Army as an aviation engineer equipment operator (834th Engineer Battalion) and helped build the first airstrip on Normandy Beach.
Source: ancestry.com
Chester Raymond Gibbs was born Dec. 20, 1923 to John L. and Ida Elizabeth Reiter Gibbs. He died Dec. 21, 1944 and is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.
Sgt. Gibbs served in World War II with the U.S. Army 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division and died of wounds received in action in Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Europe-Africa-Middle East Medal and Combat Infantry Badge.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Edward Gibbs was born Jan. 22, 1916 to Amos Elmer and Clara R. Barkus Gibbs. He died July 28, 1944 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Pvt. Gibbs served in World War II with the U.S.Army 183rd Field Artillery Battalion and died in France in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
Walter Kenneth Gieselman was born Sept. 4, 1918 to Frederick W. and Flora Miller Gieselman. He died May 12, 2004 and is buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, IA.
Walter served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Harlan Gill was born June 23, 1923 to Perry Elmer and Ruth Mae Garmoe Gill. He died Mar. 29, 2004 and is buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, IA.
Pvt. Gill served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Company, 1st Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Winton Emerson Gillaspey was born May 24, 1921 to Espey Clarence and Genevieve Ora Deere Gillaspey. He died Apr. 27, 1945 and is buried in Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, IA.
Sgt. Gillaspey served in World War II with the U.S. Army Co. G, 393rd Infantry, 99th Infantry Division and was KIA against the enemy in the vicinity of Eining, Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Clifford Hamilton Gipson was born Nov. 18, 1917 to Samuel and Jessie Lee Smith Gipson. He died May 4, 2004 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Sgt. Gipson served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Loren Glasgow was born Aug. 5, 1925 to Loren B. and Blanche F. Arend Glasgow. He died July 11, 2003 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Petty Officer Glasgow served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Carl Richard Goble was born Mar. 4, 1924 to Charles and Bertha Carrie Wirt Goble.
Carl served in World War II with the U.S. Army 314th Medical Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Cecil Henry Goble was born May 29, 1918 to Charles and Bertha Carrie Wirt Goble. He died Mar. 17, 1945 and is buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, IA.
Pvt. Goble served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery and was killed in the service of his country in Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert John Goetz was born July 28, 1920 to Walter Herman George and Julia Katherine Koenig Goetz. He died July 27, 1949 and is buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, IA.
Pvt. Goetz served in World War II with the U.S. Army 744th Tank Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Earl Gooch was born Feb. 17, 1920 to Daniel E. and Myrtle M. Sullivan Gooch. He died Mar. 26, 2004 and is buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, AZ.
Kenneth served in World War II with the U.S. Army 318th Infantry and was awarded the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster.
Source: ancestry.com
Marion Edward “Griff” Griffin was born Jan. 1, 1921 to Charles E. and Lilly Edwards Griffin. He died May 21, 2004 and is buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Griffin served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
William Francis Grupy was born Mar. 28, 1029 to William T. and Ruby Swaine Grupy. He died Mar. 25, 2004 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, IA.
Pvt. Grupy served in World War II with the U.S. Army 357th Infantry and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Max Gerald Gunsolley was born Sept. 6, 1922 to Gerald and Ruth Hawthorn McMullin Gunsolley. He died June 3, 1944 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Sgt. Gunsolley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 644th Bomber Squadron, 410th Bomber Group, Light and was MIA/FOD/KIA as a crew member of an A-20 (Havoc) aircraft which failed to return to its base from a combat mission to Chartres, France. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Norman Wayne Gunsolley was born Aug. 15, 1921 to Gerald and Ruth Hawthorn McMullin Gunsolley.
Norman served in World War II with the U.S. Army M.P. Platoon.Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Aug 2019; updated Jul 2020 & Aug 2023