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Personal info

Full name
STARK, Gregory Leith
Date of birth
18 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36673823
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 36

Immediate family

Members
Dudley S. Stark Sr. (father)
Mary A. (Leith) Stark (mother)
Mary B. Stark (sister)
Rosalind Stark (sister)
Dudley S. Stark Jr. (brother)

More information

Pvt Gregory L. Stark graduated from Boys Latin School in Chicago in June 1943 before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Sam E. Pennartz, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Illes Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Latin School of Chicago