Name:
Edwin Rudolph Gibson
Rank:
Field Musician First Class
Serial Number:
307207
Unit:
22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Death:
1944-08-02
State:
Utah
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Edwin Rudolph Gibson was born on November 11, 1918, in Moscow, Kemper County, Mississippi. He was the son of James Cornilus "Jim" Gibson and Sarah Annie Kynerd Gibson.
He served in Battery B, 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Field Cook during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on August 2, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.