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Personal info

Full name
GRAY, Francis William
Date of birth
8 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Hometown
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16175953
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 July 1945
Place of death
Linz, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Gray (father)
Mary E. (Conlen) Gray (mother)
Robert J. Gray (brother)
Edward J. Gray (brother)
George S. Gray (brother)
James L. Gray (brother)
Elizabeth C. Gray (sister)
Mary H. Gray (sister)
Richard D. Gray (brother)

More information

T/5 Francis W. Gray attended high school for four years and worked for the C. J. Weisenberg Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Detroit, Michigan on 9 December 1942.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / WWII Registration Card / Headstone and Interment record / Family Tree
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Family tree