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Personal info

Full name
GRESS, John Clinton
Date of birth
12 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32833906
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Monschau-Lammersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 38 33

Immediate family

Members
John C. Gress (father)
Shirley S. (Kupczynski) Gress (mother)
Dorothy M. Gress (sister)
Bettie J. Gress (sister)
Elisabeth Gress (sister)

More information

Pfc John C. Gress attended the Canisius High School In Buffalo. He attended 1 year of college and worked as a clerk before he enlisted.
He enlisted in Buffalo, Erie County, New York on 27 November 1942.
Pfc Gress was initially buried in Schmidt, Germany.

Documents

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1925 /1930 /1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Hair Family Tree / U.S. School Yearbooks 1880 2012, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll2/id/1121, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com,  www.ancestry.com