EDWARD GRAY CHERRY, JR.

The Citadel Class of:	1946
Cadet Company:	A (Source: The Sphinx 1943)
Age:	20
Born:	16-Dec-24
Hometown:	Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina
Family:	Annie Mae Sutton Cherry (mother), Edward Gray Cherry (father), William Sutton Cherry (brother), Alice Moring Cherry Sanders (sister)
Rank:	Sergeant
Branch of Service:	U.S. Army
Servicenumber:	34670909
Entered the Service from:	North Carolina
Function:	not available
Regiment:	406th Infantry Regiment
Battalion:	not available
Division:	102nd Infantry Division
Company:	C
Unit:	not available
Date of death:	15-Mar-45
Status:	DOW
Place of death:	Suchteln, Germany
Spot:	not available
Awards:	Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman
Gravenumber:	Plot C Row 3 Grave 18
Cemetery:	Netherlands American Cemetery
Biography:	not available
Other information:	Lone Sentry book – 102d thru Germany: WWII Unit History 102nd Infantry Division My Dad’s War Story, a weblog / site detailing the 102nd Division’s fight to the Roer and then onto Munchengladbach.

Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Citadel Archive & Museum, Mike Stannard ’65, usgwarchives.net, legacy.com, draft card (NARA), ancestry.com, Find A Grave.com

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