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Bronze Star Medal
According to records body unrecoverable, Memorial in the Netherlands and a memorial headstone is at Forest Lawn Memorial
Cemetery in Anderson County South Carolina.
PRESS RELEASE | Jan. 31, 2022
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Canup, G.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 26, 2022.
In November 1944, Canup was assigned to Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. His unit was part of the Hürtgen Forest offensive when he was reported killed in action on Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole. Because of the fighting, his body was unable to be recovered.
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
Mar 11, 2022
Remains of a second lost SC soldier from WWII's Hürtgen Forest battle identified by Pentagon
A second missing South Carolina soldier killed during World War II's Battle of the Hürtgen Forest has been identified by the Pentagon.
Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, of Greenwood, was formally identified in January, the Pentagon's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced March 11.
Canup's unit was part of the Allies' November 1944 Hürtgen Forest offensive. He was reported killed in action Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole.
The battle played out in a dense and heavily wooded section of the Belgium-Germany border as troops unsuccessfully tried to move into Germany ahead of the winter season.
Because of the nature of the fighting, Canup's body was not recovered.
After the war, the American Graves Registration Command conducted several investigations in the Hürtgen area between 1946 and 1950 looking for lost servicemen but were unable to locate Canup. He was declared non-recoverable in December 1951.
Years later and while studying unresolved American losses in the Hürtgen area, an agency historian determined one set of unidentified remains originally discovered by a German forester in 1947 possibly belonged to Canup.
The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, were disinterred in April 2019 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for examination.
Also in 2019, Canup's identification tag was found in the general location of where DPAA historians believed he was lost and near where the unidentified remains were recovered.
The agency used dental analysis, circumstantial and material evidence, and DNA from family members to confirm Canup's identity earlier this year. A newspaper clipping from the time of his loss said he was married and had a young daughter.
Canup will be buried April 10 in Anderson, the agency said.
Bronze Star Medal
According to records body unrecoverable, Memorial in the Netherlands and a memorial headstone is at Forest Lawn Memorial
Cemetery in Anderson County South Carolina.
PRESS RELEASE | Jan. 31, 2022
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Canup, G.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 26, 2022.
In November 1944, Canup was assigned to Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. His unit was part of the Hürtgen Forest offensive when he was reported killed in action on Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole. Because of the fighting, his body was unable to be recovered.
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
Mar 11, 2022
Remains of a second lost SC soldier from WWII's Hürtgen Forest battle identified by Pentagon
A second missing South Carolina soldier killed during World War II's Battle of the Hürtgen Forest has been identified by the Pentagon.
Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, of Greenwood, was formally identified in January, the Pentagon's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced March 11.
Canup's unit was part of the Allies' November 1944 Hürtgen Forest offensive. He was reported killed in action Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole.
The battle played out in a dense and heavily wooded section of the Belgium-Germany border as troops unsuccessfully tried to move into Germany ahead of the winter season.
Because of the nature of the fighting, Canup's body was not recovered.
After the war, the American Graves Registration Command conducted several investigations in the Hürtgen area between 1946 and 1950 looking for lost servicemen but were unable to locate Canup. He was declared non-recoverable in December 1951.
Years later and while studying unresolved American losses in the Hürtgen area, an agency historian determined one set of unidentified remains originally discovered by a German forester in 1947 possibly belonged to Canup.
The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, were disinterred in April 2019 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for examination.
Also in 2019, Canup's identification tag was found in the general location of where DPAA historians believed he was lost and near where the unidentified remains were recovered.
The agency used dental analysis, circumstantial and material evidence, and DNA from family members to confirm Canup's identity earlier this year. A newspaper clipping from the time of his loss said he was married and had a young daughter.
Canup will be buried April 10 in Anderson, the agency said.
Purple Heart Medal
Bronze Star Medal
According to records body unrecoverable, Memorial in the Netherlands and a memorial headstone is at Forest Lawn Memorial
Cemetery in Anderson County South Carolina.
PRESS RELEASE | Jan. 31, 2022
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Canup, G.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 26, 2022.
In November 1944, Canup was assigned to Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. His unit was part of the Hürtgen Forest offensive when he was reported killed in action on Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole. Because of the fighting, his body was unable to be recovered.
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
Mar 11, 2022
Remains of a second lost SC soldier from WWII's Hürtgen Forest battle identified by Pentagon
A second missing South Carolina soldier killed during World War II's Battle of the Hürtgen Forest has been identified by the Pentagon.
Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, of Greenwood, was formally identified in January, the Pentagon's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced March 11.
Canup's unit was part of the Allies' November 1944 Hürtgen Forest offensive. He was reported killed in action Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole.
The battle played out in a dense and heavily wooded section of the Belgium-Germany border as troops unsuccessfully tried to move into Germany ahead of the winter season.
Because of the nature of the fighting, Canup's body was not recovered.
After the war, the American Graves Registration Command conducted several investigations in the Hürtgen area between 1946 and 1950 looking for lost servicemen but were unable to locate Canup. He was declared non-recoverable in December 1951.
Years later and while studying unresolved American losses in the Hürtgen area, an agency historian determined one set of unidentified remains originally discovered by a German forester in 1947 possibly belonged to Canup.
The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, were disinterred in April 2019 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for examination.
Also in 2019, Canup's identification tag was found in the general location of where DPAA historians believed he was lost and near where the unidentified remains were recovered.
The agency used dental analysis, circumstantial and material evidence, and DNA from family members to confirm Canup's identity earlier this year. A newspaper clipping from the time of his loss said he was married and had a young daughter.
Canup will be buried April 10 in Anderson, the agency said.
Bronze Star Medal
According to records body unrecoverable, Memorial in the Netherlands and a memorial headstone is at Forest Lawn Memorial
Cemetery in Anderson County South Carolina.
PRESS RELEASE | Jan. 31, 2022
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Canup, G.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 26, 2022.
In November 1944, Canup was assigned to Company C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. His unit was part of the Hürtgen Forest offensive when he was reported killed in action on Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole. Because of the fighting, his body was unable to be recovered.
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
Mar 11, 2022
Remains of a second lost SC soldier from WWII's Hürtgen Forest battle identified by Pentagon
A second missing South Carolina soldier killed during World War II's Battle of the Hürtgen Forest has been identified by the Pentagon.
Army Staff Sgt. Grady H. Canup, 30, of Greenwood, was formally identified in January, the Pentagon's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced March 11.
Canup's unit was part of the Allies' November 1944 Hürtgen Forest offensive. He was reported killed in action Nov. 14 when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole.
The battle played out in a dense and heavily wooded section of the Belgium-Germany border as troops unsuccessfully tried to move into Germany ahead of the winter season.
Because of the nature of the fighting, Canup's body was not recovered.
After the war, the American Graves Registration Command conducted several investigations in the Hürtgen area between 1946 and 1950 looking for lost servicemen but were unable to locate Canup. He was declared non-recoverable in December 1951.
Years later and while studying unresolved American losses in the Hürtgen area, an agency historian determined one set of unidentified remains originally discovered by a German forester in 1947 possibly belonged to Canup.
The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, were disinterred in April 2019 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for examination.
Also in 2019, Canup's identification tag was found in the general location of where DPAA historians believed he was lost and near where the unidentified remains were recovered.
The agency used dental analysis, circumstantial and material evidence, and DNA from family members to confirm Canup's identity earlier this year. A newspaper clipping from the time of his loss said he was married and had a young daughter.
Canup will be buried April 10 in Anderson, the agency said.
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