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Personal info

Full name
GRUBB, Joseph R
Date of birth
18 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois
Hometown
Clark County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36729600
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Mack Grubb (father)
Mayme Grubb (mother)
Daniel Grubb (brother)
John Grubb (brother)
Donna J. Grubb (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph R. Grubb attended Marshall High School.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Marshall High School Yearbook 1941 - courtesy of Jamie Poorman - Head Librarian Marshall Public Library