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Personal info

Full name
GHEANT, Carl
Date of birth
5 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Hometown
Chester, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34848073
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 30

Immediate family

Members
James H. Gheant (father)
Elizabeth Gheant (mother)
James D. Gheant (brother)
Louise Gheant (sister)
Juanita Gheant (sister)
Dorothy Gheant (sister)
Genieve Gheant (sister)
Vivian T. (Darby) Gheant (wife)
Shelvia J. Gheant (daughter)
Carol A. Gheant (daughter)

More information

Pvt Carl Gheant worked as a loom fixer in the Lancaster plant of the Springs Cotton mills.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 23 November 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - World War II Army Enlistment Records / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, Hannah Majewski - State - 25 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Angela Weyenburg (his granddaughter)