Delbert Lawrence Gideon

Birth: 26 SEP 1905 in St Marys, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas

Death: 31 JUL 1944 in WW II, Tutti Fruiti, IS, South Pacific

Burial: 31 JUL 1944 in South Pacific

Memorial: 1944 Newkirk Cemetery, Kay Co, Oklahoma

Burial: 1 Nov 1947 Gettysburg National Cemetery, Adams Co, Pennsylvania

Father: Nathan Edward Gideon b: 25 FEB 1862 in Loudoun Co, Virginia

Mother: Amanda Alica Page b: 23 AUG 1865 in Tippecanoe Co, Indiana

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Delbert Gideon (25210084)

Suggested edit: MILITARY FUNERAL HELD AT GETTYSBURG

Military funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'clock for Lt. (jg) Delbert Lawrence Gideon. U. S. N.. who was killed in a plane crash on July 31, 1944, at Funa Futi, Ellice Islands, near Australia, and originally Interred there. Last week his body arrived in Gettysburg from the first boat shipment of World War II dead from the Pacific theater. Lt. (jg) Warren Brann. U. S. N. Ordnance Planning Officer, Philadelphia Naval Yards, accompanied the body to Gettysburg as the official escort. Lt. Gideon is survived by his widow, the former Miss Sara Black, Baltimore street, Gettysburg: one son, his mother, one brother and six sisters. His brother, Harry E. Gideon, Ponca City, Okla., was present for the services. Brief services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ralph R. Gresh, pastor of St. James Lutheran church, Gettysburg, at the Bender funeral home with graveside military rites and interment conducted at the National cemetery by the Albert J. Lentz post. No. 202, American Legion, Gettysburg. The pallbearers were Harry D. Ridinger, Willis Weikert, Paul Spangler, C. Leslie Fair. Jr., William G. Weaver and Wilbur Plank, all ex-service men. M. Sgt. William L. Baldwin, Gettysburg, sounded taps.

Clipped from "The Evening Sun", Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1 Nov 1947, Page 2

Contributor: Zoe Lighty (47325441) • [email protected]

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Naval personnel (14) killed on this flight:

Barton, William A ~ LCDR, TX

Beggs, Lloyd S ~ LCDR, WA

Bruner, Harold T ~ LT, PA

Cecil, Charles P ~ RADM, KY

Doyle, James Q ~ Lt, MA

Eley, Francis L ~ CDR, CA

Gentry, James N ~ LTJG, Pilot, GA

Gideon, Delbert L ~ LTJG, OK

Gifford, Walter S, Jr ~ Lt, NY

Hamilton, Edward A ~ AMM2, IL

Lund, Loyd ~ AMM1c, NJ

Newcomb, Leland L ~ LTJG, WI

Sickel, Horatio G, IV ~ Capt, MD

Roberts, Jack D ~ Lt, CA

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Army personnel (3) killed on this flight:

Beaver, Chester M ~ LTC, SD

Brown, Robert S ~ LTC, OH

Doughty, Walter C ~ LTC, TX

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Civilian crew (5) killed on this flight:

Bell, Walter H ~ Radioman, CA

Hilbish, Byron W ~ Second Officer, CA

Morgan, Howard W ~ First Officer, AR

Obri, Norman F ~ Third Officer, CA

Palman, Edward F ~ Second Engineer, ME

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