James C. Gibney

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Name: James C. Gibney
Location of Birth: Bemidji, Minnesota
Date of Birth: October 25, 1920
Date of Death: December 29, 1973 (53 years old)
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Highest Rank: SGT (Sergeant)
Branch: Army
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Information from a List of Nonenlisted Passengers of USS LST 561 indicates that James sailed from Naples, Italy to an unknown destination on August 12, 1944.

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World War II

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James had lived in this area since 1942.

He married Louise Pemus in Renton, Washington on August 30, 1941.

James worked for the Hanna Mining Company until 1953 when he went to work for the Blandin Paper Company.

Survivors include his wife, Louise; two daughters, Mrs. William Huntington and Mrs. Max Geisdorf; one brother, John; one sister, Mrs. Marion Edwards; and four grandchildren.

James is buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-C-36-2-4)

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