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Personal info

Full name
BRYANT, Ammon Russell
Date of birth
25 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Tye River, Nelson County, Virginia
Hometown
Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33537185
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Krinkelt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Samuel B. Bryant (father)
Lola C. (Wood) Bryant (mother)
Bertie A. Bryant (sister)
William T. Bryant (brother)
Georgie V. Bryant (sister)
Nanie P. Bryant (sister)
Roy S. Bryant (brother)
Cecil W. Bryant (brother)
Ernest T. Bryant (brother)
Clarence E. Bryant (brother)
Madelyn Bryant (sister)
Lucille Bryant (sister)

More information

Ammon R. Bryant graduated from Lovingston High School and was employed at Wanamaker's Department Store in Philadelphia.

He enlisted on 30 December 1942 in Charlottesville, Virginia. and arrived in England on 2 November 1944.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – World War II Army Enlistment Records / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia Birth Records / 1930/1940 Census / Bryant Family Tree, A pictorial account of the 393rd Infantry Regiment in combat

Photo source: Peter Scouteten, William Bryant