 1922 - 2003 (81 years)
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| Name |
Gilmore HORNBERGER |
| Birth |
27 Jul 1922 |
Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Sep 2003 |
Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, USA |
| Burial |
Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Prince William, Virginia, USA |
- Plot: Section 3A Site 620; GPS Latitude: 38.54079, Longitude: -77.35825
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| Person ID |
I13160 |
von Rosenberg Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2018 |
| Father |
Otto George HORNBERGER, b. 14 Sep 1888, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA d. 24 Feb 1958, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Harvie Irene PHILLIPS, b. 30 Nov 1891, Llano, Llano, Texas, USA d. 13 Feb 1965, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Nov 1913 |
Austin, Travis, Texas, USA |
| Family ID |
F8801 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Emma Lee DAVIS, b. 2 Apr 1925, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA d. 25 Jun 1991, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Dec 1946 |
Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Children |
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| Photos
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 | Lee and Gil Hornberger, late 1940s
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 | Gilbert and Lee Hornberger, Saigon 1957
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 | Gilbert and Lee Hornberger
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| Family ID |
F9216 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2014 |
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| Notes |
- Description: Gil Hornberger\'s Obit.
Gilmore Hornberger, 81 years old, of Wilmington, NC, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 at the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia after a short illness.
He was born July 27, 1922 in Ft Worth, Texas, son of late Otto George Hornberger and Harvie Phillips Hornberger.
Mr. Hornberger served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII, having participated in the assault on Iwo Jima as a member of the 27th Marines of the 5th Marine Division. He became a career Support Officer of the Central intelligence Agency. He served from the Agency’s inception in 1947 until his retirement in 1971, having served in numerous overseas posts, Taiwan, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Australia during the 1950s and 60’s and 70’s.
Those who knew and loved will remember his laughter, his whistle, his endless optimism, and his love of life. He possessed an inherent curiosity of every culture he saw and every person he met.
Burial arrangements will be made in Wilmington, NC. He will be laid to rest with his wife of 46 years, Lee Hornberger. Both have been since relocated side by side at the Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, VA.
- PFC Gilmore Hornberger, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, participated in the assault on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945 - 19 March 1945. Occupation Duty: Naval Base Sasabo Japan 1945. US Govt service from 1946-1972.
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