Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
GRANT, Henry Hughdon
Date of birth
24 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sugar Valley, Gordon County, Georgia
Hometown
Whitfield County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34570300
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Puffendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 17 10

Immediate family

Members
Acie Grant (father)
O.Z. Grant (brother)
Anna R. (Gibson) Grant (wife)
Bobby H. Grant (son)

More information

S/Sgt Henry H. Grant enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 1 November 1942.
Interview with Sheldon Samuelson:
"We relieved the 406th at Puffendorf, there I lost almost a whole squad due to artillery fire. That's when Sgt. Grant [Henry H.] was killed."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful Dutchman, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, http://carol_fus.tripod.com/army_hero_s_samuelson.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joy Neumann