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Personal info

Full name
GRONE, Bruce P
Date of birth
23 October 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Boyd County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35213773
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 38

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Grone (father)
Rose (Gard) Grone (mother)
Condit Grone (sister)
Mildred Grone (wife)

More information

Pfc Bruce P. Grone worked as a mechanic before he enlisted in Huntington, Kentucky on 15 October 1941.

At the time of his death, the 2nd Infantry Regiment was fighting in the vicinity of Amanville, Vernéville, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.Ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index 1911 1999

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