(Military Headstone Application)

ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment:                       20 years
Home Residence during War:    171 W. Patrick St., Frederick
Military Years:                               1917-1919
                          National Guard, Private
                          9/6/1917 promoted to Private first Class
                          5/15/1918, Corporal, 
                          Company A, 1st Maryland Infantry
                          Company A, 115th Infantry                       
                          3/12/1918 March Infantry Replacement Draft,
                          Overseas Casualty Company,
                          Camp McClellan
                         Overseas (4/16/1918-11/23/1918)
                          Toul-Boucq (Lorraine) Sector
                          Pas Fini Sector                                  
                          5/9/1918 Company E, 163rd Infantry
                          6/5/1918, Company B, 102nd Infantry
                          7/18/1918, Severely wounded
                          at Champagne-Marne
                           7/18/1918 Patient at Hospital AEF
                          11/23/1918, Patient at 3rd Debarkation Hospital
                          11/27/1918 Patient at 2nd Debarkation Hospital
                          12/6/1918 Patient at Walter Reed General                                          Hospital (Washington, DC)
                          12/14/1918 9th Company, 3rd Training Battalion,                              154th Depot Brigade
                          Honorable Discharge 12/30/1918
Decorations:            Order of St. Sava (Serbia)
​                                    Purple Heart                  

Personal Information
Occupation:      Bricklayer
Father:              Benjamin Frederick Grove, Sr.
Mother:             Nellie Victoria Derr
Spouse:             Gertrude Buckingham (Divorced)
Last known residence:   139 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD
Cause of Death: 
Note: Military footstone has error with birth year  (1897 instead of 1896)                      
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Preservation Opportunities

Donors: TBA