PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Gebbie, David O. (Service number: O-1014148)
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  June 1st, 1944 (near Lariano/Province of Rome, Italy)
Nationality:  American
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit: Company B, 760th Tank Battalion attached to the 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army
Details: For wounds received in action on 6 January 1944 on Mt. Porchia, Italy.
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Unit: Company B, 760th Tank Battalion attached to the 85th Infantry Division, U.S. Army
Action: David O. Gebbie, First Lieutenant, United States Army. For heroic achievement in action, on 1 June 1944, in the vicinity of Lariano, Italy. Entered military service from Lockport, New York.
Details: Posthumously awarded.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - KREBS, J.E. & FROESCHLE, H.O., To Rome and Beyond, Trafford Publishing, Victoria, Canada, 2007.
- Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library
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