David Leroy Grove, Jr.

Bio. at findagrave

• PA "Dutch"

military service

Company K, 363rd Infantry of the 91st Division and fought in the battles of Ypres-Lys, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. It was in the last of these battles at the Argonne Forest that Davey was injured when a shell exploded at his heel under heavy artillery fire. His unit's sergeant, Nels Monroe, a fellow Modoc'er and lifelong friend, rescued him from the battlefield. Upon recovery in a French hospital, Davey joined his unit in Belgium where he fought until the war ended in 1918. Following a four-month assignment with the Occupational Forces he returned to Modoc County in the spring of 1919.

at time of death

Surviving are his second eldest son, William Fredrick, and his wife, Harriet, of Avila Beach, Calif., and his youngest son, Jerry Kistler, and his wife Virginia of Cedarville. His third daughter-in-law, Kathleen "TaTa" Grove lives in Eagleville.
Davey leaves behind 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren, including David Grove the fifth, as well as a large number of nieces and nephews, in addition to many special people he considered valued friends.

Modoc County Record August 5, 1993