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J. D. Gray,
papermill employee at Springhill, La., was killed in an automobile
accident on the Minden-Shreveport highway today. He was a brother
of Mrs. Doyle Milner of Camden.
Gray was a Word War II veteran serving in the European theatre.
Funeral services will be held Thursday with burial at Leola., |
Grave marker for J. D.
Gray in Leola Cemetery, Leola (Grant county), Arkansas.
J. D. enlisted in the Army
at Shreveport, LA on 29 October 1943.
Pvt Gray was transferred
to Company G, 508th PIR on 22 November 194.
On 31 December 1944, Pvt
Gray was sent to a field hospital and classed as a "nom-combat injury."
He returned to duty on 11 January 1945.
He was appointed to the
rank of Pfc on 14 January 1945.
His military decorations
include the Combat Infantryman Badge awarded for action during campaign,
18 December 1944 to 20 February 1945 |
