| Name |
Grove, Charles E. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
30 Dec 1923 |
Putnam County, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
GROV.C003 |
| _FGRAVE |
56655719 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Private First Class, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, United States Army [1, 2] |
- Private 1st Class with the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division. Entered combat on July 19, 1944 and was killed in action on October 5, 1944 in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region of France. Awarded the Purple Heart medal posthumouslyly. Earned the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Buried with military honors at the Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold (Moselle), France. Also honored at the library park WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois.
Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1771008
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Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007
On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.
Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.
This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. … |
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Charles E. Grove Jr. (?-1944)
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World War II Honoree, Grove, Charles E. Jr. (1923-1944)
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4th Armored Division ("Patton's Vanguard"), United States Army
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Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois
(East Side)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois
(East Side, Right Panel)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
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Military Service Ribbons, Grove, Charles E. Jr. (1923-1944)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
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4th Armored Division ("Patton's Vanguard"), United States Army
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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United States Army
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European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
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United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
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Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,… |
| Death |
5 Oct 1944 |
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France [3, 4] |
| Cause: Killed in Action |
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Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
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| Burial |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France [3] |
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Headstone, Grove, Charles E. Jr.
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Entrance, Lorraine American Cemetery, Lorraine, France
The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 113.5 acres and contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II in Europe, a total of 10,481. Their headstones are arranged in nine plots in a generally elliptical design extending over the beautiful rolling terrain of eastern Lorraine and culminating in a… |
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Headstone, Grove, Charles E. Jr.
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| Person ID |
I26828 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
15 May 2023 |
English
1923 - 1944 (20 years)
