Title
Sergeant Ross Franklin Gray
Subject
World War II
United States. Marine Corps
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Congressional Medal of Honor
Description
Sgt. Ross F. Gray was killed on February 27, 1945, while serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Division on Iwo Jima. An obituary from the Birmingham News for Sgt. Gray can be ordered from this site: http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?title=obituaries&lastname=gray&search_lastname_parameter=starts&firstname=ross&search_firstname_parameter=starts&year=&newspaper=.
For his actions on Iwo Jima, Sgt Gray was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Sgt. Gray's MOH Citation can be found here: http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=2805.
A video of the posthumous awarding of the MOH can be found at this site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRf9EOyRJZk.
An article recounting Sgt. Gray can be found at this site: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/05/from_bibb_county_to_iwo_jima_d.html.
A photo of Sgt. Gray's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7130169/ross-franklin-gray.
For his actions on Iwo Jima, Sgt Gray was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Sgt. Gray's MOH Citation can be found here: http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=2805.
A video of the posthumous awarding of the MOH can be found at this site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRf9EOyRJZk.
An article recounting Sgt. Gray can be found at this site: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/05/from_bibb_county_to_iwo_jima_d.html.
A photo of Sgt. Gray's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7130169/ross-franklin-gray.
Source
Birmingham News
Find A Grave
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Date
February 27, 1945
July 4, 2004
July 4, 2004
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Hyperlink
Newspaper
Identifier
2188
Coverage
Bibb County (AL)