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GROVE, Lewis F - Date of
birth
20 September 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33512388 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
B Company,
55th Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fays, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 15 | 24 |
Immediate family
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Members
Norman C. Grove (father)
Gail G. Grove (mother)
Davison G. Grove (brother)
More information
Pvt Grove graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1941. After that he attended the Gallups Island Maritime Training School in Boston, for several months and the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute in Washington, D.C. for a year.A letter from the War Department received by Dr. and Mrs. Grove previously indicated that Pvt. Grove "became missing while on a mission with other members of his platoon to clear the woods of enemy and take high ground near Fays, Belgium. He was last seen in that vicinity."
Pvt Grove served as a radio operator on a half-track.
His brother, Sgt Davison Grove, served in Italy.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbook College of Puget Sound 1944