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Personal info

Full name
GRENIER, Adelard Eugene
Date of birth
16 July 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31109514
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 3

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Grenier (father)
Amanda (Sansteere) Grenier (mother)
Edgar Grenier (brother)
Albert J. Grenier (brother)

More information

Sgt Adelard E. Grenier lived with his brother in Buffalo, New York and had been employed at the J.F. McAllin Shoe Company.

He enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire, on 10 June 1942 and was sent overseas in January, 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - a2, The Buffalo News - 6 April 1945