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<span class=prefix>Cpl.</span> William John Grover
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Cpl. William John Grover Veteran

Birth
Maine, USA
Death
20 Apr 1944 (aged 19)
At Sea
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Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Add to Map
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Tablets Of The Missing ~ U.S. Army Air Force
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William served as a Corporal, 831st Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Oxford County, Maine prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 24, 1943 in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a Foundry and also as Single, without dependents.

William was a passenger on the S.S. Paul Hamilton (Hull Number 227).

On her fifth voyage the S.S. Paul Hamilton left Hampton Roads, Virginia on April 2, 1944 as part of convoy UGS 38, carrying supplies and the ground personnel of the 485th Bombardment Group and the 5th Reconnaissance Group of the United States Army Air Forces to Italy.

On the evening of April 20th the Hamilton and other ships in the convoy were attacked 30 miles (48 km) in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cape Bengut near Algiers by 23 German Ju 88 bombers.

One aerial torpedo struck the Paul Hamilton and detonated the cargo of high explosives and bombs, and the ship and crew disappeared within 30 seconds. A total of approximately 580 men where lost.

William was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 31321883

His brother,
Cpl. Douglass McKeen Grover,
also died during World War II.


( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
William served as a Corporal, 831st Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Oxford County, Maine prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 24, 1943 in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a Foundry and also as Single, without dependents.

William was a passenger on the S.S. Paul Hamilton (Hull Number 227).

On her fifth voyage the S.S. Paul Hamilton left Hampton Roads, Virginia on April 2, 1944 as part of convoy UGS 38, carrying supplies and the ground personnel of the 485th Bombardment Group and the 5th Reconnaissance Group of the United States Army Air Forces to Italy.

On the evening of April 20th the Hamilton and other ships in the convoy were attacked 30 miles (48 km) in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cape Bengut near Algiers by 23 German Ju 88 bombers.

One aerial torpedo struck the Paul Hamilton and detonated the cargo of high explosives and bombs, and the ship and crew disappeared within 30 seconds. A total of approximately 580 men where lost.

William was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 31321883

His brother,
Cpl. Douglass McKeen Grover,
also died during World War II.


( Bio by: Russ Pickett )



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