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GREGORY, John Vavoudis - Date of
birth
3 June 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35516926 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division,
Mortar Platoon
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 1 | 28 |
Immediate family
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Members
John V. Gregory (father)
Anne (Knox) Gregory (mother)
Helen Gregory (sister)
Edward Gregory (brother)
Mary H. Gregory (sister)
Aryear J. (Saltis) Gregory (wife)
Jim G. Gregory (son)
More information
S/Sgt John V. Gregory was employed by the Dill Manufacturing Company. He enlisted on 14 October 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.According to survivors, the company suffered a heavy German mortar attack. S/Sgt Gregory was killed during that attack and several others were severely wounded.
Per Capt Gravelyn: "The attacking companies had moved forward without too much resistance so it became necessary to move the mortar platoon down the slope into the town of Petite-Langlire where I could resupply from a road instead of the roadless route we took across the valley. My other two platoons would temporarily be supplied by the rifle companies with whom they were attached. On this move of the mortar platoon we lost Sgt Gregory who was killed by an enemy mortar shell and this didn't help my mood at all."
S/Sgt Gregory is remembered at Saint Theodosius Orthodox Cemetery in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, http://www.jpgravelyn.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Enlistment Record, Memories of Capt Harry Gravelyn - Company Commander - Company D
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.jpgravelyn.com, www.findagrave.com - Casey