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Personal info

Full name
LANDERS, Francis James
Date of birth
21 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Alabama, Genesee County, New York
Hometown
Orleans County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111156
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 37 24

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Landers (father)
Ella Landers (mother)
Ruth Landers (sister)
Carrie (Stern) Landers (wife)
Francis J. Landers (son)
Charles R. Landers (son)

More information

Pvt Francis J. Landers was a fireman.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 March 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, ABMC / National Archives / www.wwiimemorial.com, CWGC-ABMC / www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930, 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten