DEATH CERTIFICATE

 WILLIE GIBSON

Date  02 October 1940
Cert:  25875
Place of Death: County: Hardin  City or Town:  Fort Knox, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County: (blank)
City or Town:  (blank)
Full Name:  Willie GIBSON
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  04 December 1915
Age: 24 years, 09 months, 28 days
Birthplace:  Red Fox, Ky.
Occupation:  Farmer
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Kendrick GIBSON
Father Birthplace:  Unknown
Mother Maiden Name:  Unknown
Mother Birthplace:  Unknown
Informant:  Service Record, U.S. Army
Burial Place:  Shipped to Hazard, Ky.
Date:  03 October 1940
Signature of funeral director: W. G. Hardy, Jr., West Point, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  16 November 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Ethel Y. McClure
Date of Death:  02 October 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Compound fracture of skull
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (illegible) accident
Major findings of autopsy:  Same as above diagnosis
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: 02 October 1940
Where did injury occur:  Government reservation
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  Richard D. Martin, M.D., Station Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky.
Date signed:  (blank)
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 09 May 2010