USMCR World War II
PFC John W. Ant KIA John was MIA/KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Guam on July 27, 1944
Unit Company L, Placed in 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine's, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, FMF
Hometown: Chicago Illinois
Mother, Mrs. Irene Ant
service# 397657
Awards: Honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Note: PFC Ant appears tablets of the missing Honolulu Memorial as Missing in action. Since he was not Wounded Buried at Sea it must be assumed his remains could be recovered or identified after his death in combat.
Details of career here.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was commissioned on June 1, 1942, at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California
On July 21, 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade assaulted and landed south of the Orote Peninsula on Guam, the largest island of the Mariana Islands. The 3rd Marine Division landed north of the peninsula. The 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines landed on Beach Yellow 1 which was just north of the City of Agat, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines came ashore on Yellow 2, and the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marines held in reserve landed on Yellow 1. In about 20 days of fighting the island was declared free of organized resistance. On August 23, the 4th and 22nd Marine Regiments sailed back to Guadalcanal.
PFC John W. Ant KIA John was MIA/KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Guam on July 27, 1944
Unit Company L, Placed in 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine's, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, FMF
Hometown: Chicago Illinois
Mother, Mrs. Irene Ant
service# 397657
Awards: Honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Note: PFC Ant appears tablets of the missing Honolulu Memorial as Missing in action. Since he was not Wounded Buried at Sea it must be assumed his remains could be recovered or identified after his death in combat.
Details of career here.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was commissioned on June 1, 1942, at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California
On July 21, 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade assaulted and landed south of the Orote Peninsula on Guam, the largest island of the Mariana Islands. The 3rd Marine Division landed north of the peninsula. The 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines landed on Beach Yellow 1 which was just north of the City of Agat, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines came ashore on Yellow 2, and the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marines held in reserve landed on Yellow 1. In about 20 days of fighting the island was declared free of organized resistance. On August 23, the 4th and 22nd Marine Regiments sailed back to Guadalcanal.
USMCR World War II
PFC John W. Ant KIA John was MIA/KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Guam on July 27, 1944
Unit Company L, Placed in 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine's, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, FMF
Hometown: Chicago Illinois
Mother, Mrs. Irene Ant
service# 397657
Awards: Honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Note: PFC Ant appears tablets of the missing Honolulu Memorial as Missing in action. Since he was not Wounded Buried at Sea it must be assumed his remains could be recovered or identified after his death in combat.
Details of career here.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was commissioned on June 1, 1942, at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California
On July 21, 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade assaulted and landed south of the Orote Peninsula on Guam, the largest island of the Mariana Islands. The 3rd Marine Division landed north of the peninsula. The 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines landed on Beach Yellow 1 which was just north of the City of Agat, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines came ashore on Yellow 2, and the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marines held in reserve landed on Yellow 1. In about 20 days of fighting the island was declared free of organized resistance. On August 23, the 4th and 22nd Marine Regiments sailed back to Guadalcanal.
PFC John W. Ant KIA John was MIA/KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Guam on July 27, 1944
Unit Company L, Placed in 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine's, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, FMF
Hometown: Chicago Illinois
Mother, Mrs. Irene Ant
service# 397657
Awards: Honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Note: PFC Ant appears tablets of the missing Honolulu Memorial as Missing in action. Since he was not Wounded Buried at Sea it must be assumed his remains could be recovered or identified after his death in combat.
Details of career here.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was commissioned on June 1, 1942, at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California
On July 21, 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade assaulted and landed south of the Orote Peninsula on Guam, the largest island of the Mariana Islands. The 3rd Marine Division landed north of the peninsula. The 1st Battalion, 22nd Marines landed on Beach Yellow 1 which was just north of the City of Agat, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines came ashore on Yellow 2, and the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marines held in reserve landed on Yellow 1. In about 20 days of fighting the island was declared free of organized resistance. On August 23, the 4th and 22nd Marine Regiments sailed back to Guadalcanal.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
