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Personal info

Full name
GRIMES, Lawrence A
Date of birth
10 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Barberton, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35592641
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Puffendorf, in the vicinity of Baesweiler, north east of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 9 22

Immediate family

Members
Wilbur E. Grimes, Sr. (father)
Mary M. (Green) Grimes (mother)
Esther Grimes (sister)
Edna Grimes (sister)
John Grimes (brother)
Hartzell Grimes (brother)
Virgil Grimes (brother)
Wilbur E. Grimes, Jr. (brother)
Ross E. Grimes (brother)
Thelma R. Grimes (wife)

More information

The photo shows Pfc Lawrence A. Grimes with his wife Thelma Ruth.

Pfc Lawrence Grimes of Barberton was killed the same day his brother, John, was seriously wounded in France.

He had never seen his 3-months-old son.

His brother Wilbur E. Grimes, Jr. died of wounds received in action in Italy and is buried next.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.rootsweb.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal

Photo source: Dennis & Gerda Hermsen, Vibeke Gootzen, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon