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Personal info

Full name
SPEARS, Grover Cleveland
Date of birth
3 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Joplin, Newton County, Missouri
Hometown
Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36058866
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 77

Immediate family

Members
Malden D. Spears (father)
Mary Spears (mother)
Mae L. Spears (sister)
Bessie G. Spears (sister)
George Spears (brother)
Clara Spears (sister)
Hazel Spears (sister)
Clyde Spears (brother)
Lloyd Spears (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Grover C. Spears worked on a farm before he enlisted in East St. Louis, Illinois on 8 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1920 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Joe Spears, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review - 10 October 1944
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