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CPL Barney W Gregg

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CPL Barney W Gregg Veteran

Birth
Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, USA
Death
28 Oct 1944 (aged 26)
Neerkant, Deurne Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Plot B-Row 20-Grave26
Memorial ID
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CPL. Gregg, Barney W

Service number: 37681006


Age: 25

Born: May 21, 1918, Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, USA

Hometown: Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa

Family:

Earl Alvin Gregg (father)

Effie Florence (nee Gregg) Gregg (mother)

Jesse Lee Gregg (brother)

Nellie M. Gregg/Pfannenstiel (sister)

Flossie Permelia Gregg/Blair (sister)

Delbert E. Gregg (brother)

Audry Marie Gregg/Bayless (sister)

Minnie Alice Gregg/Martin (sister)

Chester Roy Gregg (brother)

Velma Pauline Gregg (sister)

Betty Lou Gregg (half sister)

Bobby Gregg (half brother)

Frances Marian (nee Frank) Gregg (wife)


Rank: Corporal

Function: Not available

Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: October 28, 1944

Status: Killed In Action

Place of death: Neerkant, Deurne Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Spot: Liessel Road

Awards / Commendations:

★ Purple Heart                                                                     

★ World War II Victory Medal

★ Combat Infantryman Badge                                              

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign              

Grave number: Plot B, Row 20, Grave 26

Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on October 29, 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa

Other information:

Barney W. Gregg was born as William Arnold Gregg. He married Frances Marian Frank on 21 May 1937 in Council Bluffs in Iowa.


CPL Gregg was initially buried in an isolated grave near Neerkant, in the Netherlands and reburied at Margraten on August 30, 1948.

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CPL. Gregg, Barney W

Service number: 37681006


Age: 25

Born: May 21, 1918, Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas, USA

Hometown: Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa

Family:

Earl Alvin Gregg (father)

Effie Florence (nee Gregg) Gregg (mother)

Jesse Lee Gregg (brother)

Nellie M. Gregg/Pfannenstiel (sister)

Flossie Permelia Gregg/Blair (sister)

Delbert E. Gregg (brother)

Audry Marie Gregg/Bayless (sister)

Minnie Alice Gregg/Martin (sister)

Chester Roy Gregg (brother)

Velma Pauline Gregg (sister)

Betty Lou Gregg (half sister)

Bobby Gregg (half brother)

Frances Marian (nee Frank) Gregg (wife)


Rank: Corporal

Function: Not available

Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion

Division: 7th Armored Division

Company: A

Date of death: October 28, 1944

Status: Killed In Action

Place of death: Neerkant, Deurne Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Spot: Liessel Road

Awards / Commendations:

★ Purple Heart                                                                     

★ World War II Victory Medal

★ Combat Infantryman Badge                                              

★ Marksmanship Badge

★ American Campaign Medal

★ Army Good Conduct Medal

★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign              

Grave number: Plot B, Row 20, Grave 26

Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands


Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on October 29, 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa

Other information:

Barney W. Gregg was born as William Arnold Gregg. He married Frances Marian Frank on 21 May 1937 in Council Bluffs in Iowa.


CPL Gregg was initially buried in an isolated grave near Neerkant, in the Netherlands and reburied at Margraten on August 30, 1948.

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Inscription

CPL 23 INF BN 7 ARMD DIV
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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56299279/barney_w-gregg: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Barney W Gregg (21 May 1918–28 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56299279, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).