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Personal info

Full name
ARANT, Joseph W
Date of birth
10 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
McCracken County, Kentucky
Hometown
McCracken County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15333681
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1944
Place of death
Near Münster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 12 9

Immediate family

Members
James L. Arant (father)
Nettie S. (Gingar) Arant (mother)
Mamie N. Arant (sister)
James L. Arant (brother)
Charles T. Arant (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31888
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 3416

More information

S/Sgt Joseph W. Arant volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 22 October 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1943.

The aircraft is believed to have gone down during an attack by enemy aircraft over the target area.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kentucky Birth Index / Ancestry, Census US 1930 / Ancestry, Enlistment Record / Ancestry, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC - ABMC / Find A Grave, MACR 3416 / Fold3, www.newspapers.com - The Paducah Sun Democrat - 7 April 1944

Photo source: Nico Leers, Michel Beckers, Ruth Ann Edge, www.newspapers.com - The Paducah Sun Democrat - 8 May 1945