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Personal info

Full name
GREGORY, James Lowther
Date of birth
28 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
12054947
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwihr – Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 4 25

Immediate family

Members
Russell S. Gregory (father)
May L. Gregory (mother)
Russell Gregory (brother)
William P. Gregory (brother)
Jean B. (Maney) Gregory (wife)

More information

Sgt James L. Gregory attended college for three years and was an advertising agent employed by Wolf and Wright Inc.

He voluntary for the Army of the United States at Brooklyn Army Air Base, New York on 27 January 1942.

He met Jean Maney while she was a student at the Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina and James Gregory was stationed at the nearby army base of Fort Croft. They married on 26 December 1943.

He was killed on his one year wedding anniversary, small arms fire in the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII - The Ten
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy/mbrother11