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Personal info

Full name
GRANNIS, Girdon B
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Antrim County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36411953
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 15

Immediate family

Members
Lewis Grannis (father)
Alice Grannis (mother)
Donald Grannis (brother)
Ray Grannis (brother)
Zelda Grannis (sister)

More information

Sgt Girdon B. Grannis worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 25 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, 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 / 1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate