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Personal info

Full name
PROWANT, Cyril Clyde
Date of birth
25 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Belmore, Putnam County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35229215
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck - Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 70

Immediate family

Members
Eugene S. Prowant (father)
Gertrude (Sigler) Prowant (mother)
Gerald C. Prowant (brother)
Letha Prowant (sister)
Ervin L. Prowant (brother)
Charles D. Prowant (brother)
Rudolph D. Prowant (brother)
Dorothy R. Prowant (sister)
Ralph E. Prowant (brother)
Naomi G. Prowant (sister)
John C. Prowant (brother)
Eugene C Prowant (brother)
Dale E. Prowant (brother)
Paul E. Prowant (brother)

More information

Pvt Cyril C. Prowant enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 21 September 1941.

He attended high school for 3 years and was an actor before he enlisted.

Pfc Cyril C. Prowant was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block PP, Row 9, Grave 161.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet