S/Sgt Odie P Gilvin was serving as a Waist Gunner aboard a B-17F assigned to the 364 Bomb Squadron, 306 Bomb Group that was shot down over France on February 25, 1944. Tail Number 42-31820. He was unable to escape the aircraft before it crashed.
WORLD WAR II
Name Odie P Gilvin
From Fayette County, Kentucky
War World War II
ID 15333393
Rank Staff Sergeant
Branch US Army
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
His remains were returned from Foy-Bastogne, Belgium on April 26, 1949
KENTUCKY BIRTH INDEX
Name: Philip O Gilven
Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name: Gertrude Stull
Volume Number: 094
Certificate Number: 46786
Volume Year: 1922
Son of Ernest Gilvin and Gertrude Stull Gilvin Hedges
Husband of Frances Pennington
WORLD WAR II
Name Odie P Gilvin
From Fayette County, Kentucky
War World War II
ID 15333393
Rank Staff Sergeant
Branch US Army
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
His remains were returned from Foy-Bastogne, Belgium on April 26, 1949
KENTUCKY BIRTH INDEX
Name: Philip O Gilven
Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name: Gertrude Stull
Volume Number: 094
Certificate Number: 46786
Volume Year: 1922
Son of Ernest Gilvin and Gertrude Stull Gilvin Hedges
Husband of Frances Pennington
S/Sgt Odie P Gilvin was serving as a Waist Gunner aboard a B-17F assigned to the 364 Bomb Squadron, 306 Bomb Group that was shot down over France on February 25, 1944. Tail Number 42-31820. He was unable to escape the aircraft before it crashed.
WORLD WAR II
Name Odie P Gilvin
From Fayette County, Kentucky
War World War II
ID 15333393
Rank Staff Sergeant
Branch US Army
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
His remains were returned from Foy-Bastogne, Belgium on April 26, 1949
KENTUCKY BIRTH INDEX
Name: Philip O Gilven
Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name: Gertrude Stull
Volume Number: 094
Certificate Number: 46786
Volume Year: 1922
Son of Ernest Gilvin and Gertrude Stull Gilvin Hedges
Husband of Frances Pennington
WORLD WAR II
Name Odie P Gilvin
From Fayette County, Kentucky
War World War II
ID 15333393
Rank Staff Sergeant
Branch US Army
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Awarded
★ Purple Heart
His remains were returned from Foy-Bastogne, Belgium on April 26, 1949
KENTUCKY BIRTH INDEX
Name: Philip O Gilven
Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Montgomery, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name: Gertrude Stull
Volume Number: 094
Certificate Number: 46786
Volume Year: 1922
Son of Ernest Gilvin and Gertrude Stull Gilvin Hedges
Husband of Frances Pennington
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S SGT
364 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II
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