NameLeon Merrell Gaeb
Birth10 Jan 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio6,4
Death1 Feb 2000, Elfrida, Cochise County, Arizona
Burial3 Apr 2000, National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
OccupationRadio operator--1942; PFC, U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
FatherJoseph Gaeb (1886-<1948)
Spouses
Birth31 Mar 1921, Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico
Death2 Dec 1991, Arizona
BurialNational Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
OccupationPFC, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II
FatherRobert P. (Bert) McCaw (1883-1962)
MotherBurnia Reed (~1892-<1930)
Marriageabt 1947
Notes for Leon Merrell Gaeb
Source: Ancestry.com—U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006; and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; MyHeritage.com—MyHeritage Family Trees: Pfeiler Web Site.
In 1930 he lived with his parents in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. In 1942 he lived in Bernalillo County. He enlisted in the Air Corps as of September 15, 1942. In 1954 and 1970 he and his wife Ruth lived in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California. In 1993 he lived in Elfrida, Cochise County, Arizona.
Notes for Ruth (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006; U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; and Watkins Family Tree; and www.findagrave.com.
Her gravesite lists her date of birth as March 31, 1921.
She started her service in the WAAC on August 4, 1943.
She and her husband had five children.
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