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Personal info

Full name
GRANT, Otis Leon
Date of birth
18 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Armstrong County, Texas
Hometown
Hutchinson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38572401
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 19

Immediate family

Members
Otis H. Grant (father)
Dellie B. (Franklin) Grant (mother)
Sterling Grant (brother)
Donald L. Grant (brother)
William G. Grant (brother)
Minnie J. Grant (sister)
Melvin G. Grant (brother)

More information

Otis Grant graduated from Borger High School student.

He enlisted in 6 September 1944 and was sent overseas on 15 January 1945.

Source of information: Desiree Dekker Storcken, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.newspapers.com - Borger Daily Herald Texas - 27 April 1945