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Personal info

Full name
GANT, Lee Jesse
Date of birth
15 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pike County, Illinois
Hometown
Pike County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36476562
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 11

Immediate family

Members
Frank Gant (father)
Lula Gant (mother)
Letha Gant (sister)
Lonnie Gant (brother)

More information

Pvt Lee J. Gant enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 10 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet