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Personal info

Full name
VAN ZANT, Garnett F
Date of birth
15 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Terry, Prairie County, Montana
Hometown
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39931628
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vallendar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 1

Immediate family

Members
F.W. Van Zant (father)
Irene D. (Fitzgerald) Van Zant (wife)
Vaughn Van Zant (son)

More information

Private Garnett F. van Zant graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1937 was employed by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.

He was married to Irene D. Fitzgerald on 1 April 1941.

He enlisted on 21 June 1944 at Fort Douglas, Utah.

He was killed in action while administering first aid to wounded comrades in the direct vicinity of Vallendar, Germany.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Washington, Marriage Records / Fitzgerald - Vincent Family Tree, After action report, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, October 1944 thru March 1945, www.newspapers.com - Great Falls Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Great Falls Tribune