Charles E. Grant

Charles E. Grant
Charles Grant
C.E.Grant1.jpg

Chuck Grant before E Co. sailed to England
Nickname Chuck
Born 1922
Died 1984 (aged 61–62)
San Francisco, California
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1942-1945
Rank US Army E-6.svg Staff Sergeant
Unit E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Battles/wars

World War II

Other work Fabricator

Staff Sergeant Charles E. Grant (1922[1] - 1984[2]) was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Grant was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Nolan Hemmings.[1]

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Youth

Grant was born in 1922.[1] He completed four years in high school and graduated.[1] After graduation, he had an occupation in fabrication of metal products.[1] Chuck enlisted with the paratroopers on August 18, 1942 in his hometown.[1]

Military service

Grant trained at Camp Toccoa under Herbert Sobel. Like many of the men from Easy Company, he made his first combat jump on D-Day as part of the Allied invasion of France. On September 19, 1944, in Holland, he was wounded while helping to destroy an 88mm gun.

In Austria, Grant was named 2nd platoon Staff Sergeant. In July 1945, while driving a jeep with two members of 2nd platoon, Grant came across several dead soldiers: two Germans, a British major, and the major's driver. A drunken replacement from "I" Company had shot them, and Sergeant Grant was shot in the head when he confronted the man and attempted to disarm him.[3] Grant survived because of the quick actions of Ronald Speirs and Jack Foley, who rushed him to an aid station. The medic there told them that Grant would not survive.[3] However, Speirs, not willing to lose Grant, loaded him on a jeep and drove to Saalfelden, where he found a German brain surgeon who was able to operate and save Grant's life.[3]

Later years

Grant recovered slowly from the gunshot wound to his head, and he occasionally had some problems talking and his left arm was partially paralyzed.[4] He lived in San Francisco, owning a little tobacco shop. He attended several of the Easy Company reunions and became 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment's representative in the 101st Airborne association.[5] He died in 1984.

Medals and Decorations

Purple Heart BAR.svg Purple Heart
World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg World War II Victory Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
US Army Airborne basic parachutist badge.gif Parachutist Badge with 2 jump stars

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database
  2. ^ Last Roll Call on Currahee website
  3. ^ a b c Ambrose, p. 285.
  4. ^ Ambrose, p.296.
  5. ^ The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile - Air Assault)

Bibliography

  • Ambrose, Stephen E. (1992). Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743464116. 

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