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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Grady Lambert
Date of birth
5 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas
Hometown
Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38572125
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Seitelschlag, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 32 39

Immediate family

Members
Lewis W. White (father)
Augusta M. (Cresswell) White (mother)
Rogers S. White (brother)
Luther W. White (brother)
Joseph B. White (brother)
William J. White (brother)
Lois I. White (sister)
Homer H. White (brother)
Grady White (sister)
Helen S. White (sister)
Howard White (brother)
Hamer White (brother)

More information

Pfc Grady L. White enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 31 August 1944.
He attended 4 years of high school before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census/ Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949/ Jones-Payne-Griffith Family Tree/ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – a2