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Personal info

Full name
GRAY, Alvin Vern
Date of birth
4 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Independence, Warren County, Indiana
Hometown
Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
20530746
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John W. Gray (father)
Lydia M. (Jennings) Gray (mother)
Gladys L. Gray (sister)
James L. Gray (brother)
Dortha B. Gray (sister)
Earl D. Gray (brother)
Helen L. Gray (sister)
Marjorie E. Gray (sister)
Clarissa E. Gray (sister)
Charles J. Davis (half-brother)

More information

T/Sgt Alvin V. Gray attended Williamsport High School and joined the National Guard in Attica, Indiana on 17 January 1941.

T/Sgt Gray was reported missing in action after his boat was struck by an artillery shell during the crossing of the Rhine River.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman