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Personal info

Full name
FITCH, John Grant
Date of birth
26 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
11092582
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Between Hamminkeln and Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 9

Immediate family

Members
Eliot G. Fitch (father)
Janet (Fell) Fitch (mother)
Janet M. Fitch (sister)
Jared E. Fitch (sister)
Jane B. (Wing) Fitch (wife)

More information

Pvt Fitch attended Yale University.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 25 February 1943. He was originally part of the ASTP, studying at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment record, WWII Draft Registration Card, 1940 US Census; Milwaukee Sentinel - 10 September 1943

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Milwaukee Journal - 13 April 1945