[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E374]
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      HONORING THE LIFE OF U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT GRADY H. CANUP

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                            HON. JEFF DUNCAN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 7, 2022

  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of U.S. 
Army Staff Sergeant Grady H. Canup, who was killed in action during 
World War II and whose remains have finally been identified.
  Sergeant Canup of Greenwood, South Carolina, was assigned to Company 
C, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division at the age of thirty. 
His unit served as part of the Hurtgen Forest offensive where, on 
November 14, 1944, he was killed by enemy artillery fire. Sgt. Canup's 
remains were declared non-recoverable in December of 1951, despite 
great efforts by the American Graves Registration Command to account 
for missing American soldiers.
  In 2019, Sgt. Canup's identification tag was found in the area where 
a set of unidentified remains had been found decades earlier. Those 
unidentified remains were disinterred from a cemetery in Europe for 
further investigation in 2019. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System were able to confirm that 
the remains belonged to Sgt. Canup earlier this year. Sgt. Canup will 
be laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson County on 
April 10, 2022. On the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands American 
Cemetery, a rosette will be placed by Sgt. Canup's name since he has 
now been accounted for.
  It brings me comfort knowing that after seventy-eight years, Sgt. 
Canup's remains will be reunited with his family. I am grateful for the 
work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in making this possible. 
This identification of remains allows for another opportunity to 
reflect on the many heroes who lost their lives defending freedom 
across the world during World War II. I am reminded of the verse John 
15:13: ``Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for 
one's friends.'' We are blessed to live in a country where so many 
heroes, like Sgt. Canup, are willing to wear the uniform to defend our 
freedoms.
  Madam Speaker, it is a privilege to be able to serve the Third 
District of South Carolina and to honor the lives of those lost in 
conflict, like Sergeant Canup. My thoughts and prayers are with his 
family and friends during this time.

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