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GROSS, William Henry - Date of
birth
7 August 1916 -
Age
28 -
Place of birth
Breathitt County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6665611 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
702nd Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Tincry-Eincheville, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Rader G. Gross (father)
Margaret (Smith) Gross (mother)
Adeline Gross (sister)
Earle Gross (brother)
Virginia Gross (sister)
John A. Gross (brother)
Harold G. Gross (brother)
More information
Pvt William H. Gross attended college before he joined the Regular Army on 16 September 1938.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Soilsister, www.ancestry.com - sweiffenbach