Grant M. Howe

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/24/1944

Grant Marx Howe was born in Eugen, Lane County, Oregon on October 4, 1919.

Prior to entering military service he was a civilian employee of the Army Corps of Engineers
at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

He was drafted into the Army on July 16, 1942 at Tacoma Washington. His home of residence was listed
as Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington. He had completed four years of High School
and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

His brother Robert Langston Howe died while serving aboard the U.S.S. Wasp on September 15, 1942.

Grant M. Howe was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private First Class in Company C,
in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 14 dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Staff Sergeant Howe was killed in action in France near Gonneville, during the
attack against Cherbourg on June 24, 1944.

Decorations of Grant M. Howe

Grant M. Howe was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block D Row 8 Grave 160 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot F Row 4 Grave 13

Grave marker for Grant M. Howe

Photo by Frogman from the Find A Grave website

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