Gersh Grinshpon was born in Geptari, Ukraine (USSR), 1896 to Alter and Malka. Prior to WWII he lived in Kozelets, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Gersh was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Stalingrad, Russia (USSR), 03/1944.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.