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Home State
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Year of Birth
1915 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
 Don Milne (SBTS Historian) -Historian
to remember
Grant, George Shell, MAJ.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Fayetteville/Prairie |
Last Address
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Casualty Date
Jun 06, 1944 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location
France |
Conflict
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord/D-Day Beach Landings - Operation Neptune |
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Normandy, France |
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Last Known Activity
Major Grant had been a high school Math and coaching at Piggott High School and Fordyce High School, and ROTC instructor in military science and tactics at Kansas City High School prior to his service. His father was a professor and president of Quichita College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
He had joined the paratroop unit in August 1942. with training at Tocca, Georgia, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
He served with Hq. Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Infantry Division. He was assigned as executive officer to Lt. Col. Robert L. Wolverton the 3rd Battalion Commander.
He was killed while in his parachute harness east of St. Come du Mont in DZ-D.
He was initially interred in Blosville Cemetery, France.
He left a wife and two children at his passing.
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Comments/Citation
Links:
"Died in France: Paratrooper Killed During Invasion," Northwest Arkansas Times, 28 June 1944, Page 1.
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506.html
http://www.airborneinnormandy.com/
http://triggertimeforum.yuku.com/topic/12480/3rd-Bn-506th-Prcht-Inf-101st-Abn-Div-wwwairborneinnormand#.V1cJ39d1Ot8
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506.html
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_off.html
http://brothersinarms.wikia.com/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division
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