PVT Robert Clyde Gump (WWII)
Remembering PVT Robert Clyde Gump (Fairmont) February 26, 1926 - December 10, 1945 ---- PVT Robert Clyde Gump (Service Number 13042582) was born in Fairmont, WV on February 26, 1926, the son of Edward and Ruby (Daniels) Gump. Unfortunately, Ruby died of "acute nephritis" (WV Death Certificate) on January 27, 1928 at age 38, just three days after the birth of Robert's younger brother, William ( The Waynesburg Republican) and two weeks after the death of her mother-in-law. She left behind five sons- John (12), Corbly (10), Edward Jr. (9), Robert (1), and William (3 days old). The 1930 Census found their family living at 517 Maryland Avenue in Fairmont, while Edward worked as a brush salesman. That was short lived, however, and by 1940, thirteen-year-old Robert was a ward of the state, living at the Kappa Sigma Pi Camp in the Laurel Park area of Harrison County. Robert attended Washington Irving High School before dropping out to enlist in the Army. Meanwhile, Rober...