According to the Stars and Stripes dated Jan 13, 1954 Gibson was listed as
living in Mishawaka.
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In a message dated 12/31/2007 1:18:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
sharon1(a)cfl.rr.com writes:
Whitepages.com shows 10 GIBSONs living in Salem, Ill.......................
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Frank" <sharon1(a)cfl.rr.com>
To: <instjose(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [INSTJOSE] POW/MIA Korean War St. Joseph Co. GIBSON
I found him as a baby in the 1930 census; Looks like he was born in
Illinois
so could still be family around there somewhere........
dated April 3, 1930
West Salem Village, Main Street, Salem, Edwards, Illinois.................
GIBSON,, Clifton, head, 33, mrd at 26, b Illinois
Anna S., wife, 26, mrd at 19, b Ill.
Betty J, daut, 5, b Ill.
Vida L, daut, 3 8/12, b Ill
Clifton E, son, 9/12, b Ill.
SMITH, Howard A, half brother, 21, b Ill.
Sharon in Fl.
----- Original Message -----
From: <gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com>
To: <INSTJOSE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: [INSTJOSE] POW/MIA Korean War St. Joseph Co. GIBSON
> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> Author: powmiadna
> Surnames: GIBSON
> Classification: queries
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> Message Board URL:
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http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties...
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> Message Board Post:
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> I am searching for the family of a soldier who was killed in the Korea
> War. When he entered service he gave St. Joseph County, Indiana as his
> home of record.
>
> Soldier: CLIFTON EUGENE GIBSON
> Born: June 7, 1929 Caucasian
> Date of loss: October 15, 1952 MIA
>
> When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over
> 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years
> ago. Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering
> remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those
> remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of
> the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families
> have not been located. There are 69 families in Indiana that have not
> been
> located. There is one family from St. Joseph County that has not been
> located.
>
> When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to
> the
> family for proper burial. I am just an old (76 years) Combat Veteran out
> of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very
> noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find this family.
> For more information on the project you may go to
>
http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the
> lost
> families with the proper agency.
>
> I will be grateful for any assistance in locating this family.
>
> Harold Davis
> 40th Infantry Division
> Korea '52-'53
> 910-791-2333
> hgdavis(a)bellsouth.net
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