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Personal info

Full name
GREER, Fant Leroy
Date of birth
18 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
Hometown
Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34989708
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Near Güdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 42 12

Immediate family

Members
Willes W. Greer (father)
Maggie R. Greer (mother)
Willis W. Greer Jr. (brother)
Gwendolyn Greer (sister)
William Greer (brother)
David B. Greer (brother)
Georgie M. Greer (brother)

More information

Pfc Frant L. Greer attended high school for one year and was employed at the Jitney Jungle Store before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 30 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - David B. Greer, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy