June 26, 1908 - April 24, 1989
Pfc US Army
Paul Grimm ---- Don Brady
Enlisted May 7, 1942 - discharge August 16, 1945
Married Pauline Evelyn Watson January 18, 1946
Pfc. Paul Grimm, age 37, left in May 1942 and after five months training went to the Southwest Pacific. He was hospitalized in New Guinea from April until November 1943 and returned to the United States. He is now at Mayo General Hospital at Galesburg, Illinois. He had his first and only furlough this past Christmas.
Local Boys In Service Write Home
ENROUTE TO CAMP?
Paul Grimm, who went into the service just last week, writes home: "I am
leaving for parts unknown and don't write until you hear from me again."
"We had our shots in the arm yesterday, and boy is the right arm sore, but
we are sure having a lot of fun. We have negroes in our barracks and they are a
lot of fun but I suppose we will have a few hardships along the line.
"Tell everybody hello and write as soon as I get to camp. I don't know
where we are going, they won't tell you a thing but orders.
May 14, 1942, Manning Monitor
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Manning Monitor article------ 1943
Sends Greetings From Australia Paul Grimm at Ft. Ord "It is about time I was thanking someone for the Monitor and the good service. I have received every issue, and can't tell you folks how I enjoy it, for it sure is a welcome little paper. So here's thanking the American Legion, the Monitor Publishing Co., and everybody concerned, very, very much. "I see in the last issue that the boys had a firemen's banquet. Suppose some one got sick from eating too much goose again. There usually is someone that don't know when to quit the way I always was.
"Say Hello to the gang and thank everybody concerned for me. "I am writing this on the
steering wheel of my truck out in the bivouac area, sneaking in a little government time,
but suppose I'll make up for it if they catch me. At Fort Lewis, Washington Paul Grimm writes that the first home boy he saw was Harry Sanders. He said that it was surely grand to meet someone from home. They celebrated by having a few beers together. Paul is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. He thinks he will remain there until Sept. 10th as schedule is made out until that date. Paul Grimm In South Pacific Paul Grimm, stationed somewhere in the South Pacific writes: "Just a few lines to thank the Monitor and the American Legion for the home paper, which is the most welcome piece of material I have found in this neck of the woods, am getting so that I even read the Want Ads. Am receiving the paper regular again after a lapse of about a month. "Milo Boock receives the Carroll paper so we trade and get all the news from the county. There are four of us from our county-have been together since we were inducted, and we have a lot of talks about different places at home. Met Chester Kuhl about a month ago, had a long, interesting chat.
"Well, here's wishing everybody back home a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
and hope to be with them all next, year. Paul Grimm Back in States Mrs. Dora Grimm and family had word on Nov. 23 that her son, Pfc. Paul Grimm, had arrived in the U. S. again after spending nearly two years in the southwest Pacific. He has been a patient in a New Guinea hospital since last April, where treatment was given a wounded arm and hand. Paul was returned to Fort Lewis, Wash., which was the same place he began his army training. From there he was taken to the Mayo General hospital at Galesburg, Ill., where he will undergo further observation and treatment. Paul expects to get his first furlough since entering the service May 7, 1942, sometime this month, and he is hoping it will be for the Christmas holidays. One of Five Sons Now Home On Furlough Pfc. Paul Grimm will spend Christmas with his mother, sisters and brother for the first time in several years. Pfc. Grimm came from Mayo General Hospital, Galesburg, Ill., where he has been since returning to the states has from New Guinea where he suffered an injury to his arm and hand. He has been in the hospital in New Guinea and here since last April and will report back Jan. 2. He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.
Pfc. Grimm is a son of Mrs. Dora Grimm who has four other sons in the service. Bill in
Germany, Melvin in the East Netherlands, George, a Marine on Saipan, and Claussie in
New Guinea.
Mrs. Grimm, Mrs. John Balukoff and son of Carroll and, Mrs. Melvin Grimm of Manning
will have a family gathering Christmas eve. at the home of a daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Mohr, and will celebrate Chistmas day with another daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schroeder. PAUL GRIMM DISCHARGED Paul Grimm, son of Mrs. Dora Grimm, has received an honorable discharge from the army. He suffered an army injury while in the Pacific area and has been in various hospitals for some time. |
At Fort Lewis, Washington
Paul Grimm writes that the first home boy he saw was Harry Sander.
He said that it was surely grand to meet someone from home. They celebrated by
having a few beers together. Paul is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. He
thinks he will remain there until September 10th as schedule is made out until that date.
July 16, 1942, Manning Monitor
Paul Grimm, 80, Route 1, Box 194, Moline, Illinois, died Monday morning at United Medical Center, Moline.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Coal Valley, where he was a member. Burial is in Manning, Iowa, Cemetery.
Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Trimble Funeral Home, Coal Valley. Memorials may be made to the church or the Lions of Illinois Eye Research Institute.
Mr. Grimm was born June 26, 1908, in Manning to Edward and Dorothea (Vinke) Grimm. He married Pauline Watson January 18, 1949, in Rock Island, Illinois, she died May 13, 1954. He married Grace Spillman Petersen November 22, 1958, in DeWitt, Iowa.
He worked in furnace repair at the former John Deere Plow Works for 25 years, retiring in 1971. He did construction work in Manning before World War II.
He was an Army Veteran of World War II.
He was a member of Coal Valley Lions Club; Gustaf C. Lannoo Post 1303, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rock Island; United Auto Workers Local 434; Manning Chapter 2175, Iowa Firemen's Association; and American Association of Retired Persons.
Survivors include the widow; a step-son, Leon Petersen, Thousand Oaks, California; four step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; a sister, Deloris Balukoff, Manning; and brothers, Edward, Manning, and George, Pine Bluff, North Carolina.