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Personal info

Full name
GREGORY, Arthur Lett
Date of birth
1 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Daviess County, Indiana
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36347119
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 10 4

Immediate family

Members
Ephriam Gregory (father)
Arley (Carnahan) Gregory (mother)
Elva Gregory (sister)
Helen Gregory (sister)
Louella Gregory (sister)
Wilbur Gregory (brother)
Velma Gregory (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur L. Gregory enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 9 June 1942.

Pvt Gregory died of a bullet wound received when he rescued his platoon leader from a bullet-swept street.

He is remembered at Ebenezer Cemetery in Washington, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - David Kennedy, www.archives.gov, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505_honor_eg.html, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920 / 1920/1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Indianapolis Star - 16 September 1945