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Cpl George F. Gross attended college for one year and was a paymaster employed by the American Can Co.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 25 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: On 6 December 1944, Cpl Gross' battery, serving as support for field artillery operations near Furweiler, was suddenly brought under a terrific enemy artillery barrage. While members of the unit fled to the comparative safety of a nearby trench, a shell exploded and blew one of his comrades into a shell crater about twenty feet from his position. Hearing the cries of the wounded man, Cpl Gross, with utter disdain for his personal safety and thinking only of the welfare of the stricken soldier, groped his way across the shell-battered field toward the casualty. On the brink of leaping into the crater with his helpless comrade where he would have been partially sheltered from the falling shells, Cpl Gross was struck by flying fragments when another large caliber shell exploded near him. He died of his wounds while attempting to rescue the injured companion.