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Ptc. H. D. Groves Given Awards PosthumouslyPfc. Howard D. Grove's, U. S, Marine Corps Reserve, was posthumously awarded the PurplaHeart Oct. 16 for military merit and wounds received in action result In r in his death July 4,1914.His mother, Mrs. Louise Brink-er, West Point, RFD 2, has also received the Presidential (nitCitation ribbon bar with blua enameled star, as Groves was a member durin* the period specified In the Citation of the Second Marine Division, Reinforced, which has received the Presidential Unit Citation for service in action aRainst the enemy on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands.Mrs. RrinKer tvlll also re-ceive the Asiatic-Pacific ( »m-puljfn Medal for his service In the Asiatic-Pacific Area. Thenxslal will not he ready forIssuance until six months after the war.RuddyMrs. Brinker baa received a i letter dated Nov. 9 from her (son’s buddy, Pfc. Marion R. Petty, Havana, 111., whom she contacted throuRh newspaper appeal followinR her son’s death. Ai Petty was hospitalised withwounds received In June, he was’ able to supply little Information coneerninR circumstances snr, rounding Groves* death In the South Pacific other than that a shell hit In the area.
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Fort Madison Evening Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Sat, Nov 18, 1944
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