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Personal info

Full name
GROSS, Walter William
Date of birth
15 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Lake County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36029219
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 42

Immediate family

Members
William Gross (father)
Emelia (Grams) Gross (mother)
Julius Gross (brother)
Joseph Gross (brother)
Oscar Gross (brother)
Alexander Gross (brother)
August G. Gross (brother)
Alma Gross (sister)
Elena A. Gross (sister)
Emma E. Gross (sister)
Emil E. Gross (brother)
Mary L. (Murphy) Gross (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Walter W. Gross enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 24 April 1941.
He was married to Mary L. Murphy on 5 December 1942 in Chicago.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Catherine Gross, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Catherine Gross