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GRUNERT, Warren Powell "Spook" - Date of
birth
4 December 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Otter Tail, Otter Tail County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Rice County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37580881 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 October 1944 - Place of
death
Hien, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 2 | 16 |
Immediate family
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Members
Gustav G. Grunert (father)
Laura (Powell) Grunert (mother)
Kathryn E. Grunert (sister)
Rodney G. Grunert (brother)
More information
Pfc Warren P. Grunert graduated from Carleton College in 1943 where he was a member of the track team and was student coach of the cross-county team in his senior year. In his junior year he was president of his class and was chairman of the Pep Fest Committee of Homecoming. He was a chapel monitor and president of the Natural History Club in 1942-1943 and took his major work in the department of Geology.Pfc Grunertvolunteered for the paratroopers in October 1943.
Pfc Grunert was killed when he stepped on a landmine.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, The Carletonian - Nov 18, 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Carletonian - Nov 18, 1944