William Milner Grannell

1919 - 1999

• Name	William Milner Grannell
  Born	9 Nov 1919	Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Feb 1999	Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
  Buried	Cayucos-Morro Bay District Cemetery, Morro Bay, California
  Person ID	I514	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Alden Grannell, Jr.,   b. 3 Dec 1876, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1942, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Williams,   b. 3 Jan 1876, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 2 Nov 1966, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
  Married	2 Jan 1904	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  Family ID	F208	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Marjorie Sanjo
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F200	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Nov 1919 - Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Died - 15 Feb 1999 - Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  William Milner Grannell William Milner Grannell WWII Photo about 1943. He is on the left

  
  

  Documents

  William Milner Grannell Obituary William Milner Grannell Obituary

  
  

• Notes

  William M. Grannell enlisted in the US Army for WW2 on May 29, 1942 at San Francisco, CA. He listed his residence as Alameda County, CA. Private Grannell was given the serial number 39841852. He was single, with three years of college. His pre-War occupation was listed as "Lab technicians and assistants". He seems to have been a regular soldier in Battery 'D' of the 455th AAA Bn. at Camp Stewart, Ga. Then, before the unit left Stewart for Ft. Benning, Ga., Grannell seems to have become an officer, probably due to his college experience. At Ft. Benning, Ga., he was shown as the Asst. Platoon Commander of 2nd Platoon of 'C' Btry. When the unit went to England in Sept. 1943, 2nd Lt. William Grannell appears with Battery 'C' of the 455th AAA Bn. at Watton, Norfolk, England. His name does not appear again after the unit left England for Normandy, France in July 1944, or afterwards in France, Germany and Austria. So it appears he had left the unit for unknown reasons. 455th AAA HQ records show that he lived at "Box 152, Morro Bay, CA". during the War. Census records show that he was living at "PO Box 633, Morro Bay, CA". in later life.