Louis Gerard Gruntz

1919 - 2004  (84 years)

• Name	Louis Gerard Gruntz
  Born	10 May 1919	Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Feb 2004	Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I180517	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2017

  
  

  Family	Audrey Selma Casteix,   b. 7 Sep 1922, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 2012, River Ridge, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	10 May 1942	Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Louis Gerard Gruntz,   b. 12 May 1947,   d. 29 Aug 2014  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F69957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Louis Gerard Gruntz Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: May 10, 1919 New Orleans Orleans Parish Louisiana, USA Death: Feb. 7, 2004 Jefferson Jefferson Parish Louisiana, USA Louis Gruntz served in WWII as a Cpl. in B Company and HQ Company of the 712th Tank Battalion. He was a gunner in a M4 Sherman Tank and participated in 5 major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe, landing on Utah Beach on June 28, 1944 as part of the 1st Army under Gen. Omar Bradley and attached to 90th Infantry Division, 3rd Army under command of Gen. George Patton, Jr. through France, Luxembourg, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Family links: Parents: Louis Henry Gruntz (1892 - 1938) Mary Ellen Dwyer Gruntz (1896 - 1990) Spouse: Audrey Selma Casteix Gruntz (1922 - 2012)* Children: Louis Gerard Gruntz (1947 - 2014)* Sibling: Alma Theresa Gruntz Carney (1916 - 1968)* Louis Gerard Gruntz (1919 - 2004) *Calculated relationship Inscription: Cpl. US Army World War II, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, 712th Tank BN Burial: Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans Orleans Parish Louisiana, USA Plot: 1 Myrtle Mercury Hazel