In Loving Memory
PFC Robert W. Grady
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United States Army
169th Infantry 43rd Division - WW-II
PFC Robert W. Grady was born December 23, 1913 in Clarksburg West Virginia.
He died April 8, 1945 guarding a bridge in Luzon, Philippines.
A hand grenade hit the foxhole he was in and he was killed instantly.
He was given a Christian burial with Military Honors in the United States Army Cemetery in Luzon.
Several years later after the war, he was brought back to the states and buried at
Memorial Burial Park in Wheelersburg, Ohio.
He earned the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and Combat Infantry Mans Badge
This is the last picture ever taken of PFC Grady and the only picture ever taken of him with his wife, Mary Louise, and daughter, Roberta. This picture was taken in April 1944 before being shipped overseas.
Picture below enlarged and lightned for detail- but cropped for size.
Daddy, even though you did not want to go, you went honorably to defend your country, DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY. You gave it all - YOUR LIFE, so we could live free. I will always miss and love you.
Thank You, Daddy.
To those who gave "their all" the Honor and Glory is theirs.
They heard our country's call. They went forth and counted not their own life dear, but offered it gladly in humanity's name -- for God and for the right.
The greatest war in the history of the world closed August 14, 1945, when the warring nations laid down their arms. The Germans, Japanese, and all their allies lay prostrate, defeated. They who knew no mercy and who had violated every law of humanity and civilization,
THEY BEGGED FOR MERCY. THE VICTORY WAS OURS!
PFC Robert W. Grady is a part of that history of keeping this nation free.
God Bless America
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