Arly Truman Grue

  Research Notes:

1. source: MN Birth Index [www.mhns.org] CERTID # 1915 - 23387

- indicates name as Arly Truman; birth 24 Nov 1915; mother's maiden name
as Hetland; birth place as Otter Tail Co

2. Source: World War II enlistment; micro film reel - 3.26; box 0304

- date of enlistment - 13 Dec 1941 at Seatle, WA
- private - Air Corps
- civilian occupation: gardeners and grounds keepers
- education - grammar school
- single, no dependents
- army serial number: 19059499;


3. Obituary notice: Fergus Falls Daily Journal, July 1946

- funeral services were held at the Anderson Funeral Home in Minneapolis; burial at Fort Snelling
- "He was killed last week in a fall from a fourth story hotel window in Seattle. His brother Marvin Grue, accompained the body to Minneapolis"

4. Burial - - findagrave.com; ancestry.com

- Fort Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450

- photo added 17 Oct 2011 - PVT 1 CL, 554 AAF Base Unit; "Good Conduct Medal"

5. Seattle Times, 8 July 1946; "Fatal Fall"

- 30 yr old Army Veteran
- fatal plunge from 4th story window, Grand Union Hotel
- Cornor's deputies listed the death as suicide
- "Grue, who died an hour after the plunge, told police he had not been pushed"

[ 3 Jan 2011 ] - nothing further, 7-13 July 1946, under Vital Statistics or Deaths

6. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 Record for Arly Truman Grue

- honourable discharge, 12 Jun 1945
- service data - Sq. C, 554th AAFBU [Army Air Force Base Unit] ^2389,2390

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1940, Sep 1940, Dalton, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³²⁹

2. Military Service: ; Enlisted on 13 Dec 1941 with US Army, Air Corps: Seattle, King Co, Washington, United States. ²³⁹¹