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Personal info

Full name
GARRETT, Fred Thomas
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Celina, Clay County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34884221
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 15

Immediate family

Members
John T. Garrett (father)
Delia K. (Strong) Garrett (mother)
William C. Garrett (brother)
Paul H. Garrett (brother)
Cary H. (Reecer) Garrett (wife)

More information

Pfc Fred T. Garrett was married to Cary Hazel Reecer on 9 July 1938.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 27 August 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Tennessee U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, 142ndaar-.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson / www.ancestry.com - rickdenton48