Grady lived most of his life in the Greenville, Greene Co., TN area.
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Grady P. LaFollette (Serial No. 34373159)
Nativity: Born in TN
Pre-War Occupation: "chauffeur and/or driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)"
Pre-War education: Grammar school
Pre-War martial status: married to Ruby Pearl Looney in March 1936
Pre-War residence: Rt. 5, Greenville, Greene Co., TN
Enlisted: Sept. 24, 1942 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Rank: Pvt
WW II Military Unit: 455th AAA Bn., Battery 'B', gun crew #3 ('Shorty')
Military Job: Antiaircraft gun crewman
Military Training: Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, GA.
Travel: Left the US aboard the "USAT Geo. Simonds" in Sept. 1943 for Scotland.
Assignments: England (Snetterton Heath airbase, Norfolk), France, Germany & Austria
Attachments: Third US Army (Gen. Patton), XX Corps (Gen. Walker)
Medals: unk
Unit Achievement: The 455th AAA shotdown/damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd highest total in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe.
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Grady P. LaFollette (Serial No. 34373159)
Nativity: Born in TN
Pre-War Occupation: "chauffeur and/or driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)"
Pre-War education: Grammar school
Pre-War martial status: married to Ruby Pearl Looney in March 1936
Pre-War residence: Rt. 5, Greenville, Greene Co., TN
Enlisted: Sept. 24, 1942 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Rank: Pvt
WW II Military Unit: 455th AAA Bn., Battery 'B', gun crew #3 ('Shorty')
Military Job: Antiaircraft gun crewman
Military Training: Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, GA.
Travel: Left the US aboard the "USAT Geo. Simonds" in Sept. 1943 for Scotland.
Assignments: England (Snetterton Heath airbase, Norfolk), France, Germany & Austria
Attachments: Third US Army (Gen. Patton), XX Corps (Gen. Walker)
Medals: unk
Unit Achievement: The 455th AAA shotdown/damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd highest total in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe.
Grady lived most of his life in the Greenville, Greene Co., TN area.
MILITARY BIOGRAPHY--
Grady P. LaFollette (Serial No. 34373159)
Nativity: Born in TN
Pre-War Occupation: "chauffeur and/or driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)"
Pre-War education: Grammar school
Pre-War martial status: married to Ruby Pearl Looney in March 1936
Pre-War residence: Rt. 5, Greenville, Greene Co., TN
Enlisted: Sept. 24, 1942 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Rank: Pvt
WW II Military Unit: 455th AAA Bn., Battery 'B', gun crew #3 ('Shorty')
Military Job: Antiaircraft gun crewman
Military Training: Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, GA.
Travel: Left the US aboard the "USAT Geo. Simonds" in Sept. 1943 for Scotland.
Assignments: England (Snetterton Heath airbase, Norfolk), France, Germany & Austria
Attachments: Third US Army (Gen. Patton), XX Corps (Gen. Walker)
Medals: unk
Unit Achievement: The 455th AAA shotdown/damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd highest total in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe.
MILITARY BIOGRAPHY--
Grady P. LaFollette (Serial No. 34373159)
Nativity: Born in TN
Pre-War Occupation: "chauffeur and/or driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)"
Pre-War education: Grammar school
Pre-War martial status: married to Ruby Pearl Looney in March 1936
Pre-War residence: Rt. 5, Greenville, Greene Co., TN
Enlisted: Sept. 24, 1942 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Rank: Pvt
WW II Military Unit: 455th AAA Bn., Battery 'B', gun crew #3 ('Shorty')
Military Job: Antiaircraft gun crewman
Military Training: Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, GA.
Travel: Left the US aboard the "USAT Geo. Simonds" in Sept. 1943 for Scotland.
Assignments: England (Snetterton Heath airbase, Norfolk), France, Germany & Austria
Attachments: Third US Army (Gen. Patton), XX Corps (Gen. Walker)
Medals: unk
Unit Achievement: The 455th AAA shotdown/damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd highest total in Patton's 3rd Army in Europe.
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