Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Gr - surnames |
Willard Charles Grabau was born July 23, 1921 to Herman George and Hilda Christina Claussen Grabau. He died Aug. 8, 1990 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Willard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Colette (DD-730) and USS Cree (ATF-84).
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George Henry Grabau was born Nov. 10, 1915 to Herman George and Hilda Christina Claussen Grabau. He died Aug. 30, 1964 and is buried in Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA.
Sgt. Grabau served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 688th Air Material Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
Henry Marvin “Marvin” Grabe was born July 14, 1918 to Wilhelm K. and Wilhelmina S. Meyer Grabe. He died Mar. 2, 2001 and is buried in KIngsley Cemetery, Kingsley, IA.
Marvin served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 341st Base Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Gayle Marvin Grady was born Aug 28, 1927 to Leslie and Gladys Banks Grady. He died Jan. 11, 1999 and is buried in Gilbert Cemetery, Gilbert, IA.
Petty Officer Grady served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
William Lee Grafton was born July 25, 1918 to Murray L. and Mary E. Blackburn Grafton. He died Jan. 5, 2002 and is buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE.
Capt. Grafton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Simpson “Bob” Graham, Sr. was born Mar. 25, 1924 to Simpson and Ada Marian Doggett Graham. He died Mar. 1, 2010 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Notch, MO.
Sgt. Graham served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a radio operator in the Philippines and New Guinea.
Source: ancestry.com
William Gerald Graham was born Mar. 26, 1917 to William Arthur and Bertha Leona Brush Graham. He died Sept. 4, 1997 and is buried in Lakemont Memorial Gardens, Davidsonville, MD.
Capt. Graham served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Thomas Leland Graham was born Aug. 6, 1922 to William Arthur and Bertha Leona Brush Graham. He died Oct. 2, 2017 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, IA.
Thomas served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Clifford LeRoy Graham was born Jan. 15, 1919 to William Arthur and Bertha Leona Brush Graham. He died Jan. 13, 1974 and is buried in Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, KS.
Pvt. Graham served in World War II with the U.S. Army 329th Infantry Regiment.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Ray “Ray” Granger was born June 25, 1923 to Henry W. and Bessie Alice Dolph Granger. He died Mar. 5, 2016 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Ray served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps flying B-25, B-26, PT-19, AT-6, BT-13, UC-28 and the AT-11 planes.
Source: ancestry.com
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Graves was born Oct. 16, 1908 to Frank Jackson and Anne Elnore Taylor Graves. He died Jan. 18, 1964 and is buried in Paso Robles District Cemetery, Paso Robles, CA.
Major Graves served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in New Guinea and Australia.
Source: ancestry.com
Douglas Foch Graves was born Nov. 11, 1918 to James and Florence P. Perrin Graves. He died Feb. 24, 2006.
Douglas served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Richard Madison Graves, Sr. was born June 5, 1918 to Leroy M. and Bessie M. Dunning Graves. He died Jan. 17, 2000 and is buried in Los Osos Valley Memorial Park, Los Osos, CA.
Lt. Graves served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Reykavik, Iceland.
Source: ancestry.com
James Eugene Gravitt was born May 14, 1916 to Joseph Brown “Joe” and Leatha Maud Bates Gravitt. He died De. 14, 1993 and is buried in Union Township Cemetery, Coon Rapids, IA.
Sgt. Gravitt served in World War II with the U.S. Army with the Rangers and later as a truck driver.
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Lyle Robert Gravitt was born Dec. 19, 1919 to Joseph Brown “Joe” and Leatha Maud Bates Gravitt. He died Apr. 21, 1984 and is buried in Ottawa Park Cemetery, Clarkson, MI.
Pvt. Gravitt served in World War II with the U.S. Army 194th Tank Battalion and was a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan.
Source: ancestry.com
Wilton E. “Billy" Gravitt was born Sept. 22, 1923 to Russell and Alberta Ball Gravitt. He died Mar. 20, 1971 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt Gravitt served in World War II with the U.S. Army Military Police.
Source: ancestry.com
Richard Warren Gray was born Nov. 7, 1920 to Ernest R. and Mabel A. Pederson Gray. He died Nov. 28, 1993 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, FL.
Richard served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
William B. “Jr.” Gray, Jr. was born Mar. 5, 1923 to William John and Gertrude Mary Barr Gray. He died Apr. 18, 2018 and is buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, IA.
William served in World War II with the U.S. Army 63rd Infantry in the Philippines, New Guinea and Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles Edwin “Edwin” Green was born Aug. 16, 1919 to Joseph Warren and Jessie Mae Smith Green. He died May 5, 1990.
Cpl. Green served in World War II with the U.S. Army Military Police at Santa Fe, NM where he was helping to guard the plant which helped make atomic bombs.
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Joseph Clyde Green was born June 8, 1923 to Joseph Warren and Jessie Mae Smith Green. He died Apr. 9, 2013 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Joseph served in World War II with the Merchant Marines on a ship out of New York City.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert David Green Feb. 26, 1925 to Albert Clayton and Irma Helen Pechota Green. He died Dec. 12, 1947 and is buried in Story Memorial Gardens, Ames, IA.
Ens. Green served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps .
Source: ancestry.com
Robert James Green was born Aug. 25, 1919 to James H. and Mae Oler Green. He died Mar. 23, 2006 and is buried in Iredell Memorial Gardens, Statesville, NC.
Cpl. Green served in World War II with the U.S. Army 396th Medical Collecting Company.
Source: ancestry.com
Guy Shepard Greene, Jr. was born about 1923 to Guy Shepard (Sr.) and Catherine Layton Hedrick Greene.
Lt. Greene served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
John Alden Greenlee was born Sept. 7, 1911 to John Amzi and Martha Logsdon Greenlee. He died Nov. 23, 1992.
Lt. Greenlee served in World War II with the U.S. Navy commandant’s staff in the 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Source: ancestry.com
Hillis Greider was born Aug. 13, 1912 to Jacob and Rose Boitnott Greider. He died Nov. 24, 1982 and is buried in Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, IA.
Pvt. Greider served in World War II with the U.S. Army 357th Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Eugene Greiner was born Jan. 26, 1924 to Adolph and Marie Crescent Cloonen Greiner. He died Dec. 1, 1985 and is buried in Saint Patricks Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Pvt. Greiner served in World War II with the U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward J. Greiner was born Apr. 22, 1912 to Edward A. and Hilma R. Heilstadt Greiner. He died July 14, 1995 and is buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, State Center, IA.
Edward served in World War II with the U.S. Army
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur Dwight Grewell was born Oct. 26, 1912 to Fred A. and Elsie Pearl Bullock Grewell. He died Dec. 24, 1975.
Sgt. Grewell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 160th Field Artillery, 45th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Lloyd Buckingham Grider was born Oct. 15, 1906 to Bert H. and Lula Viola Lankford Grider. He died Sept. 25, 1985 and is buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.
Warrant Officer Grider served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
James E. Grider served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a sergeant in special service at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Two of his sons also served in World War II:
1st Lt. George Burton Grider was born Aug. 4, 1923 and served with the 326th Bomb Squadron, Medium. He died Nov. 16, 1949 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Howard Gilbert Grider was born Aug. 29, 1925 and served with the U.S. Army Air Corps Training Command.
Source: ancestry.com
George Price Grieve was born June 16, 1912 to George G. and Mary J. Price Grieve. He died Oct. 25, 1996.
Capt. Grieve served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery as an intelligence officer and later as a battery commander. He was awarded the Bronze Star for action in the Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Charles Griffen was born July 10, 1925 to Ira P. and Gladys E. Dudgeon Griffen. He died Nov. 14, 1999 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, IA.
Petty Officer Griffen served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS YMS-340.
Source: ancestry.com
Earle Walker Griffin was born Feb. 24, 1923 to William Arthur and Marie Hansen Griffin. He died Mar. 14, 1984 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Capt. Griffin served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Air Corps as a pilot in the Pacific. He also served in Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Joseph Bruce “Bruce” Griffing was born Feb. 24, 1919 to John B. and Anna M. Kelly Griffing. He died Dec. 1, 1994.
Bruce served in World War II with the U.S. Army Caribbean Defense Command, Army school of meteorology staff.
Source: ancestry.com
Merrill Bruce “Mike” Griffith was born Dec. 3, 1893 to Ulysses Sherman and Lillian Ora Confare Griffith. He died Nov. 1972 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Griffith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy 88th NCB (Seabees) in the South Pacific as superintendent of construction. He also served in World War I.
Source: ancestry.com
Frank Leo Grimes was born Mar. 17, 1920 to Edward Leo and Velva Julia Griswold Grimes.
Sgt. Grimes served in World War II with the U.S. Army with the Quartermaster Corps in the Hawaiian and Gilbert Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Henry Grimm was born July 31, 1907 to August L. and Elsie Viola Shultz Grimm. He died Sept. 1, 1973 and is buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, IA.
Sgt. Grimm served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3rd Postal Regulating Section.
Source: ancestry.com
Arlyn George Grinstead was born May 16, 1918 to George Waldo and Gertrude Mae Brackney Grinstead. He died Mar. 13, 1997 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Arlyn served in World War II with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, 7th Corps Area Service Unit and 4032nd Signal Multi-Channel Radio Teletype Detachment.
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Robert Lowell “Bob" Grinstead was born Jan. 22, 1920 to George Waldo and Gertrude Mae Brackney Grinstead. He died June 22, 2008 and is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, CA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army in a tank maintenance group across North Africa and then in France until the end of the war.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Thomas “Don” Griswold, Jr. was born July 8, 1917 to Donald (Sr.) and Margaret “Maggie” North Griswold. He died June 6, 1942 (at sea) and has a cenotaph at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ens. Griswold served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) and was MIA/FOD/KIA when his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire at the battle of Midway. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart. He also has the honor of having a ship—USS Griswold (DE-7)--named in his honor.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Merle Groomes, Sr. was born Apr. 4, 1918 to Willis Harlan and Gladys Helma Snowgren Groomes. He died Jan.10, 2000 and is buried in New Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, CA.
Pvt. Groomes served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
George Verle Grooms was born Feb. 20, 1916 to Paul O. and Flora Simmons Grooms. He died Feb. 6, 1999.
George served in World War II with the U.S. Army Engineers.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul William Groth was born Sept. 10, 1900. He died Nov. 16, 1965 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Cdr. Groth served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Herman Olaf Grotness was born Nov. 4, 1898 to Samson and Inga Torkelson Grotness. He died Apr. 15, 1982 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Pvt. Grotness served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Abe Morris Grundman was born Feb. 7, 1918 to David and Esther G. Domnitz Grundman. He died Nov. 28, 1993.
Pvt. Grundman served in World War II with the U.S. Army Infantry and Transportation Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Lawrence George Gruss was born Dec. 14, 1917 to George F. and Caroline V. Follmann Gruss. He died Dec. 30, 1991 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Janesville, WI.
Lawrence served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Air Corps and the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated May 2020