GROVER HEUMAN JR WAS BORN FEBRUARY 1,1913 IN GALVESTON. HE HAD A FOURTH GRADE EDUCATION AND WAS THE YOUNGEST OF 2 SONS ( THE ELDEST BEING FRANK ) BORN TO LAURA CARUSO HEUMAN AND HER SECOND HUSBAND GROVER HEUMAN SR. AND HAD A HALF SISTER HELEN DEL PAPA, A CHILD FROM HIS MOTHERS FIRST MARRIAGE. HE WORKED ON SHRIMPBOATS AS A DECKHAND WITH HIS BROTHER PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE ARMY.

GROVER JOINED THE ARMY AT THE AGE OF 29 RECORDS SHOW HE WAS 5'6' AND WEIGHED 120 POUNDS. HE WAS INDUCTED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR 2 FROM MARCH 12, 1942 TO MARCH 23, 1944 AS A CANNONEER (S44) IN THE CANNON COMPANY 359TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE SERVED IN BATTLES IN NORMANDY, ARDENNES, NORTHERN FRANCE AND CENTRAL EUROPE. GROVER'S DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS INCLUDE: PURPLE HEART GO #8 HQ 104TH EVAC HOSPITAL - JAN 11, 1945; EAME CAMPAIGNE MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HE SEPERATED FROM THE ARMY RANKING P.F.C.

ACCORDING TO HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE HE WORKED IN THE NAVY SHIPYARDS AS A MACHINIST AFTER THE WAR AND SPENT THE LAST 13 YEARS OF HIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON VETERANS HOSPITAL IN RETSIL, WASHINGTON. HE DIED ON DECEMBER 18,1999 OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 95, MISSING HIS 96TH BIRTHDAY BY JUST 2 MONTHS. HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE STATES THAT HE NEVER MARRIED.