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Personal info

Full name
GENTRY, Maurice Norman
Date of birth
11 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gresham, Green County, Kentucky
Hometown
Green County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35688757
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 31

Immediate family

Members
William N. Gentry (father)
Ruth F. (Davenport) Gentry (mother)
Veechie Gentry (sister)
Ford S. Gentry (brother)
Tarie Gentry (sister)
Terry C. Gentry (brother)
Mildred (Price) Gentry (wife)

More information

T/5 Maurice N. Gentry worked on a farm before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 25 November 1942.
He was wounded on 21 December 1944 and died as a result of these wounds on 24 February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wright Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Charasda