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Personal info

Full name
VANDENBOSCH, Grover Cleveland
Date of birth
26 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
6909862
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 1

Immediate family

Members
John Vandenbosch (father)
Lila Vandenbosch (mother)
Catherin Vandenbosch (sister)
Jacob Vandenbosch (brother)
Lela M. Vandenbosch (sister)
Frederick Vandenbosch (brother)
Francis Vandenbosch (brother)
Joseph Vandenbosch (brother)
Ruth Vandenbosch (sister)
Betty Vandenbosch (wife)
Nancy Vandenbosch (daughter)

More information

Pfc Grover Vandenbosch was a driver for the Ontario Ice & Coal Company.

He joined the Regular Army in Rochester, New York on 9 December 1942.

He was reported wounded in action on 9 June 1944 and again in October in France. Each time he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle