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Personal info

Full name
GREINER, Paul Cornelius
Date of birth
3 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36435360
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 32

Immediate family

Members
Howard J. Greiner (father)
Alice E. (Fitzgibbons) Greiner (mother)
Virginia Greiner (sister)
Robert J. Greiner (brother)
Vera M. Greiner (sister)
Marie (Waninger) Greiner (wife)
Paula B. Greiner (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Paul C. Greiner enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 7 November 1942.

He was a 1937 graduate on Manual Training H.S., and was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co.

He was overseas by March of 1944, and used as a replacement for the 2nd Armored Division.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - David C. Henderson, www.ancestry.com - My Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Peoria Historical Society/Bradley University Library - 1937 Manual Training High School Mirror