Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Paul J. Gruenbaum

BranchArmy Air Corps
RankStaff Sergeant
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1942 – 1946
Date of Birth12/03/1917
Date of Death09/10/2004
HometownDarby, OH
AwardsGood Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Burial LocationMother of Dolors Cemetery, Vandalia, Illinois
Monument PaverSection C
SourceVeteran data form submitted 04/23/2004 by Lois J. Gruenbaum; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union County Recorders Office, Vol.4, p.337 | Ancestry - Find A Grave

Overseas service: Tinian. Church: St. John's Lutheran. School: St. John's. Paul was on Tinian when "Fat Boy," the first atomic bomb, was brought there. Only a select number of people knew what it was and it was very well guarded.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument