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Personal info

Full name
GRUNKE, Gilbert Edward
Date of birth
13 October 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16007984
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 1 12

Immediate family

Members
Albert O. Grunke (father)
Anna D. (Blum) Grunke (mother)

More information

Pfc Gilbert E. Grunke was employed at the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company as a track laborer.

He joined the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26 November 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, Sandra Jakum