PVT Grant Junior Clemans

PVT Grant Junior Clemans was born 27 Jul 1922 in Mishawaka, Indiana to LeRoy and Christina Olive (Bailey) Clemans.   His father worked variously as a truck driver in the gravel business and as an engineer in a toy factory.  His mother worked in her own business in 1940. About 1942 he married Mary Jane Bunch.

Grant entered service in December 1942. A son was born to Grant and Mary on 23 Aug 1943 in Mishawaka. On 28 Jun 1944 he was assigned to K Company 116th Infantry before D-Day.  He was killed in action on 15 Jul 1944.  PVT Clemans is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka, Indiana.

Mary re-married in 1951 and died in 2003.  Their son, Larry Lee Clemans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and died in 1995.