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Personal info

Full name
CANTER, J T
Date of birth
7 February 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Bristol County, Virginia
Hometown
Washington County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33531836
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 15 20

Immediate family

Members
Ernest A. Canter (father)
Sarah M. (Roberts) Canter (mother)
Roy L. Canter (brother)
Alma E. Canter (sister)
Mary K. Canter (sister)
Mildred R. Carter (sister)
Elsie M. Canter (sister)
Ernest J. Canter (brother)
Clint E. Canter (brother)
Muncy L. Canter (brother)
Earl W. Canter (brother)
Betty D. Canter (sister)
Wilma G. Canter (sister)

More information

Pfc J. T. Canter enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 1 February 1943.
First buried at Block P, Row 5, Grave 123.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Morris Family Tree

Photo source: Jac Engels