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Personal info

Full name
GREGORY, Robert Norman "Bob"
Date of birth
12 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31325138
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 18 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Gregory (father)
Josephine Gregory (mother)
Delores Gregory (sister)
Amelia 'Millie' Gregory (sister)
Michael Gregory (brother)

More information

T/5 Robert N. Gregory had graduated from Weaver High School in 1942. He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 February 1943.

He died of wounds, received five days before his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WW II Army Draft Registration Card, Hartford Courant - 1 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Weaver High School yearbook 1943