World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jerre S. Gross
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: CAPTAIN. SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE U.S. ARMY DELTA COMPANY, 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT. 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. HE WAS A PARATROOPER WHO JUMPED INTO FRANCE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944, OPERATION OVERLORD, THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE. KILLED IN ACTION, JUNE 8, 1944 AND IS BURIED AT THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS. PURPLE HEART AND THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH SILVER GILT STAR. HIS UNIT WAS AWARDED A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER, FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM, BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM, A NETHERLANDS ORANGE LANYARD AND THE BELGIAN FOURRAGERE FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION AGAINST THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES.