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Full Name	Ruth Mabel Gardiner
AKA Full Name
People ID	693865
Title
First Name	Ruth
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Nickname
Middle Name	Mabel
AKA Middle
Patronymic/Matronymic
Priorsurnames
Surname	Gardiner
AKA Surname
Father's Surname	Gardiner
Mother's Surname	O'Flaherty
Suffix
Gender	Female
Full Birth Date If Known	1914-05-20
Birth Year	1914
Birth Month	5
Birth Day	20
Full Death Date If Known	1943-07-27
Death Year	1943
Death Month	7
Death Day	27

Events, Dates and Places

Event	Date	Geo Top Level	Geo 2nd Level	Geo 3rd Level	Geo 4th Level	Geo 5th Level	Notes
Birth	1914/05/20	Canada	Alberta	Calgary	Calgary
Death	1943/07/27	USA	Alaska	Bristol Bay	Naknek

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Military Service

Rank If Known Or Highest Or Final Rank	Branch of Service	Beginning Date if Known	End Date if Known
2nd Lieutenant	US Army Nurse Corps

Military Actions Served During


World War II

Interment, Inurnment or Memorialization Information


Cemetery	Arlington National Cemetery
Address	1 Memorial Avenue
City/Town	Fort Myer
County/District	Arlington
State/Province	Virginia
Postal/Zip Code	22211
Country/Principality	USA
Section	Section 21

Grave	197


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First Army nurse to die during WWII while on active duty. She was aboard a medical evacuation flight when the aircraft crashed near Naknek, Alaska.

Part of the former Chicago Beach Hotel was turned into a hospital in 1942 and renamed Gardiner General Hospital after Lieutenant Gardiner in 1943. After the war the building was turned into the 5th Army Headquarters. After 5th Army HQ moved to Fort Sheridan in 1963, the building was vacant until its demoliton in 1970.

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Family Search ID	M4ZB-PRW
Find A Grave 1	7409
Famous per Find A Grave	Yes
Famous per Consensus	Yes
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Other websites	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_M._Gardiner
Record Entry Date	2021-06-15 12:20:02
Record Last Edit Date	2021-07-23 21:10:59

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