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GRUNKEMEYER, Billie W - Date of
birth
3 November 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37479568 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
Cannon Company,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 February 1945 - Place of
death
Drusenheim, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William F. Grunkemeyer (father)
Flora M. (Graber) Grunkemeyer (mother)
George W. Grunkemeyer (half-brother)
Arnold A. Hilpert (half-brother)
Mary L. Hilpert (half-sister)
Beth Marie (Gyger) Grunkemeyer (wife)
Gary Grunkemeyer (son)
More information
T/5 Billie W. Grunkemeyer enlisted in May 1943.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Nebraska U.S. Birth Ledgers 1904-1911 Birth Index 1912-1994
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty, www.newspapers.com - The Ord Quiz 2 May 1946