Emitt J. Gilbreath

  • ASN:
    18021266
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Sept 13, 1922
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Sept 30, 1993
FULL NAME:

Emitt J. Gilbreath

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

18021266

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Sept 13, 1922
  • DATE OF DEATH: Sept 30, 1993
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Dublin, Erath County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Sept 20, 1940
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Worth, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company K, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Squad Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Purple Heart, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    June 13, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Near Cerisy-la-Forêt, Normandy, France
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Scrotum; Location: Femur, Shaft; Causative Agent: Bullet, Machine Gun; Diagnosis: Fracture, compound, comminuted with nerve involvement only; Diagn // Medical Treatment: Removal of foreign bodies from others; Fracture, compound, closed, treatmnt of, w/splints/casts; or Fracture w/bone fragment removal & cast // Discharge Type, Disposition: Discharged or Retired for Disability, Line of Duty, Yes; FinalResult: Ankylosis: Hip joint, one
HONORED BY:

Gary Brent Gilbreath, Son

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Emitt J Gilbreath
Army Serial Number
18021266
Enlistment Place
Ft Worth Texas
Enlistment Date
20 Sep 1940
Army Branch
Infantry
Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Erath County, Texas
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the Panama Canal Department
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
2 years of high school
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1922
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
0268
Source Film Reel Number
2.124
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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