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STAFF
SERGEANT LEMUEL MILLARD GILBERT JR. was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on April 6, 1917 to Lemuel M. Gilbert and his wife, the
former Virginia "Jennie" Stull. He was the third child, coming
after sisters Virginia and Mildred. The family was living in
Philadelphia when the census was taken in 1920. The elder Gilbert then
worked as a riveter in a shipyard. By Aril of 1930 the family had moved
to 23 North Logan Avenue inAudubon, New Jersey. Lemuel M. Gilber Jr.
graduated from Audubon High School in 1935. The 1940 Census shows him
living with his parents and sister Mildred at 215 White Horse Pike in
Oaklyn, New Jersey. He was then working as a rug salesman.
In
1941 Lemuel M. Gilbert married Jeanne M. Porr in Philadelphia. He was
indicted into the United States Army on July 14, 1943. Lemuel M. Gilbert
Jr. qualified for flight duty. He served in the Pacific Theater of
Operations with the 319th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomb Group.
Sergeant
Gilbert was lost on March 3, 1945 when the plane he was in, a B-24
Liberator bomber Bu. No. 44-43144 went down mear Vigan, Luzon Island in
the Philippines during a mission to bomb
Japanese targets on Formosa (present-day Taiwan). At least one other
crew member, Corporal Harry Hall was killed. Neither Hall or Gilberts
body were recovered.
Lemuel
M. Gilbert Jr. was survived by his wife and one child.
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