Info/photos received from; Barbara Cowan

Born: 16 April 1919    Place: Rockville, CT

Died: 2 March 1945   Place: Kapellen/ Hemmerden, Germany

Date of Temporary Burial: 5 March 1945   at: American Military Cemetery Margraten, The Netherlands

Location: Plot: T  Row: 5  Grave: 105

Date of final Burial: November 1948   at: Saint Bernard´s Cemetery, Rockville, CT

Father: Francis "Frank" Janton   Mother: Julia Janton (Kulo)

Siblings: Edward, Adelle and Loretta

Adoption Parents: Joseph and Victoria Janton (Lemek)

John, brother Edward and sisters Loretta and Adelle were orphaned in 1928 when both parents Frank and Julia Janton had died. John and his brother were then raised by their uncle Joseph Janton and his spouse Victoria in Rockville, CT.

Awards

Purple Heart 

2 March 1945

2nd platoon of C-Company was ambushed near Kapellen/Hemmerden, Germany.

Losing most of their equipment and 38 men killed, wounded or missing. John was killed in action.

Several Soldiers of C-Comp took shelter in the brewery to the left of the burning vehicles in the picture. There were also German civilians/soldiers in the basement of the factory. The C-Company medics had some medical supplies that they shared with the Germans and our men were sure the Germans would have killed them if they hadn't shared the medicine with the Germans. There was a very near neighboring village called Hemmerden and the Battalion history says the action took place at kapellen.   

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