Paul Raimond Gruhn was born on February 9, 1921 in Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pennsylvania. A 1939 graduate of Milwaukee's South Division High School, he became a Co-Pilot with the 8th Air Force, 388th Bombardment Group, (561st Bomber Squadron) based at Knettishall, England.

Lieutenant Gruhn and seven of crew were killed August 19, 1943 when their B-17 bomber was downed by flak and enemy fighter aircraft while participating in a raid on a German airfield near Haamstede, The Netherlands.

Lieutenant Gruhn's remains were initially interred by the Germans near the crash site. They were removed in 1946 to a temporary American cemetery in Ardennes, Belgium. In 1949 they were repatriated to the United States. He is now buried in the Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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