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Personal info

Full name
GENTRY, Fred Jacob
Date of birth
3 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ojai, Ventura County, California
Hometown
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39332975
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 58

Immediate family

Members
Jacob J. Gentry (father)
Rebecca S. (Butter) Gentry (mother)
Mabel M. Gentry (sister)
Eva M. Gentry (sister)
Albert L. Gentry (brother)

More information

Pvt Fred J. Gentry attended high school for one year and was a driver before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 2 June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / California Birth Index, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen