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Personal info

Full name
FANSET, John Wesley Jr
Date of birth
25 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota
Hometown
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37578287
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Butzdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 3 23

Immediate family

Members
John W. Fanset (father)
Rena Fanset (mother)
Lucile Fanset (sister)
Vivian Fanset (sister)
Lema Fanset (sister)
William Fanset (brother)
Ruth Fanset (sister)

More information

Pfc John W. Fanset Jr. graduated from Watertown High School in 1943.

He enlisted in October 194, and had been overseas for about 5 and one-half months.

He is remembered at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - ADD, www.newspapers.com - Argus Leader - 8 February 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com - Debbie Brunette, Fallen Sons and Daughters of SD in WWII