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Personal info

Full name
GREGORY, Willis Day Jr
Date of birth
28 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
Hometown
Martinsberg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35741773
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Near Irsch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 2

Immediate family

Members
Willis D. Gregory (father)
Antoinette K. (Ash) Gregory (mother)
Pauline A. Gregory (sister)
Mary J. E. Gregory (sister)
Genevieve (Elliott) Gregory (wife)

More information

Sgt Willis D. Gregory Jr. attended high school for four years and was employed at the Berkeley Wollen Mill Corporation.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 27 October 1942. He was killed by an artillery shell.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / May Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Maliha B