Alfred Gruenther
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Alfred Maximillian Gruenther (1899 - 1983)

General Alfred Maximillian Gruenther
Born in Platte Center, Platte, Nebraska, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 84 in Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 23 Jun 2019
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Alfred Gruenther is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Biography

Alfred Gruenther has German Roots.
Alfred was born on 3 Mar 1899.[1][2][3][4][5] He joined the U.S. Army in 1918 (retiring as a four-star general in 1956).[6]He married Grace Crum on 21 Aug 1922.[7] Alfred died on 30 May 1983.[8][9]

  • Fact: Residence (1900) Lost Creek Township Platte Center & Monroe villages (pt.), Platte, Nebraska, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1910) Lost Creek, Platte, Nebraska, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1920) Omaha Ward 3, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1930) Highland Falls, Orange, New York, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) West Point, New York
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Area D, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States
  • Fact: Obituary (31 May 1983) Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Burial (1983) Arlington, Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Residence Fort Snelling, , Nebraska

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BY-6VT : accessed 23 June 2019), Afred M Gruenther in household of Christian Gruenther, Lost Creek Township Platte Center & Monroe villages (pt.), Platte, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 3B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,937.
  2. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BY-6VT : accessed 23 June 2019), Afred M Gruenther in household of Christian Gruenther, Lost Creek Township Platte Center & Monroe villages (pt.), Platte, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 3B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,937.
  3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV1-4W2 : accessed 23 June 2019), Alfred Grunther in household of Christian Grunther, Omaha Ward 3, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 33, sheet 9B, line 79, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 988; FHL microfilm 1,820,988.
  4. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4RB-VQK : accessed 23 June 2019), Alfred M Gruenther, Highland Falls, Orange, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 3A, line 7, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1632; FHL microfilm 2,341,366.
  5. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4W8-FZ5 : 14 March 2018), Alfred M Grunther, Area D, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 259-122, sheet 25B, line 56, family 214, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4205.
  6. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
    Name Alfred Gruenther Gender Male
    Birth Date 3 Mar 1899 Death Date 30 May 1983
    SSN 505521280 Branch 1 ARMY
    Enlistment Date 1 1 Nov 1918 Release Date 1 31 Dec 1956
  7. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPS-845 : 8 December 2017), A M Gruenthen and Grace E Crum, 21 Aug 1922; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476621.
  8. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTQN-1M8 : 19 May 2014), Alfred Gruenther, May 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  9. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, 1983; Burial, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Arlington National Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #6634035

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