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Fred Grapentine lived in the First ward and his name is on both plaques at the library and the Hudson Street cemetery which list men who died while in service during World War I.

Like Robert C. Wade who was in Desert Storm, 80 plus years later Fred Grapentine was in the right place at the wrong time.

Written by:
Bob Meli
2009


 

Background image of Mess Hall in Barracks, Camp Grant of Rockford, Illinois, 1917 obtained.from: http://www.gjenvick.com/Military/ArmyArchives/TrainingCenters/CampGrant/APictorialHistory/1918/02-TheMess-BirdsEyeViews.html