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Personal info

Full name
GRAY, Robert Carl
Date of birth
7 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Hometown
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35096315
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Roland L. Gray (father)
Grace O. (Thompson) Gray (mother)
Josephine F. (Hancock) Gray (stepmother)
Billy G. Gray (brother)
Richard Gray (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert C. Gray graduated from Pendleton High School in 1942.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Gray Ancestors / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, Madison County Historical Society Suzy Chambers Emilie Isenhour Anderson Herald 26 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Madison County Historical Society Pendleton High School Papyrus 1942, The Anderson Daily Bulletin - 26 October 1944