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Item Details: Record Id: 10438
War: WWII
Name: Robert Clyde Gump
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Marion
Community: Fairmont
Branch of Service: AAF
Rank: Pvt
Service Number: 13042582
Date of Death: 1945/12/10
Place of Death: Fujiwawa, Japan
Cause of Death: DNB
Place of Burial: Beverly Hills Cemetery, Monongalia Co
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Date of Birth: 1920/02/26
Place of Birth: Fairmont, Marion County

Father:

 Edward M. Gump
Mother: Ruby Mae Patterson Gump
Spouse: Blanche Mae Smith Gump
Date of Marriage: 1944/02/22
Place of Marriage: Fairmont, Marion County

Children:

 Robert Clyde Jr.
Date Added to Memorial:  2009
Source: Marion County Deaths; Marion County Marriages; WV Dept of Health Birth index; Fairmont Times - reburial notice - 1949/12/27; American Battle Monuments Commission website - 2004 ( brother Corbly J Gump); Fairmont Times 1946/05/20 and 1946/06/01
Notes: Robert entered the service from Washington DC, and said his residence was: Allegany Co MD, but born in West Virginia; Reburied 1949/12/29; His brother Corbly J Gump died in France, 3 Jan 1945, Service #: 6894193 - entered the service from: MD, was with the 275th Inf Reg, 70th Inf Div - received a Purple Heart and is buried in Loraine American Cemetery in Plot: B, Row: 11, Grave: 52; Brothers: Corbly, John, William
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