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GROHMANN, Richard Curt - Date of
birth
11 April 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Westfield, Union County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32603022 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
747th Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
21 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Eisenbach, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Richard Grohmann (father)
Annie (Sager) Grohmann (mother)
Albert Grohmann (brother)
Anna M. (Munson) Grohmann (wife)
More information
T/5 Richard C. Grohmann was employed by the Lawrence Engineering Co.He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 December 1942.
His M4 bulldozer tank was piling dirt over pillboxes openings, rendering them inoperative. During this action his tank was hit by a panzerfaust.
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 /Henderson Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman