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Personal info

Full name
GRIMM, George Joseph
Date of birth
14 June 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Hamburg, Germany
Hometown
Orchard, Morgan County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37331422
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
735th Railway Operating Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 47

Immediate family

Members
Martha E. Grimm (wife)

More information

Sgt Grimm was killed in Belgium on January 9 when he was struck by a train. He had been in service for three years and was stationed at Camp Claiborne prior to going overseas four months before his death. He was serving with a railway battalion in Ottignies, Belgium.

Sergeant Grimm was first buried at Fosse Cemetery at Namur, Belgium at Block I, Row 9, Grave 163.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Naturalization Record Index, www.newspapers.com - The Town Talk (Alexandria, Texas)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Town Talk