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Personal info

Full name
GREGORY, Ernest Leroy
Date of birth
1 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowa
Hometown
Van Buren County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37693696
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kalschaun / Konraderhof or Rondorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 72

Immediate family

Members
Leslie C. Gregory (father)
Viola G. (Beswick) Gregory (mother)
Willis K. Gregory (brother)
Grace Gregory (sister)
Mary F. Gregory (sister)
Laverne Gregory (brother)
Clyde L. Gregory (brother)

More information

Pvt Ernest L. Gregory worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 31 March 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet