Eugene E Gilbreath
Born: 13th October 1925
Enlistment date: 1944
Deployments: Europe - July 1944 to March 1945
Units: 2nd Bn HQ Co. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Division.
Rank: Private First Class
Specializations: Intelligence Observer (Scout) Parachutist. Anti Tank
weapons (bazooka)
Qualifications: Combat Infantryman Badge, Marksman M1 Rifle
Decorations: EAME Theater Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars and 1 Bronze
Arrowhead, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart
Discharge Date: 17 December 1945
Other Information:
Gene in May 1944 prior to shipping overseas
Gene and Dennis D Garland in Washington DC June 1944
Gene and Dennis were the greatest of friends who went through basic training and
jump school together. Both were to see service in the European theater, and both were to
be wounded in Belgium in January 1944. Gene was shot by a sniper, while Dennis
was hit by a “Screaming Meemie”. Although unknown to each other, both were
transferred to the same Field Hospital in Luxembourg where Dennis died from his
wounds on 06 February 1945.
